852 JAMAICA. 



apparently fmoth, untluous, and fomewhat cohefive, of a fweetifli 

 tafte, and dlflblves readily in the mouth. Some Negroes get luch a 

 habit of eating it in excefi, that it often proves mortal to them, by 

 entering into the circulation, and obftrutVmg the capillary veflcls. 

 Dr. Browne fays, it has even been found concreted in the glands, and 

 fiiialler veflels of the lungs, fo as to become perceptible to |Jie touch. 

 It breaks the texture of the blood entirely, brings on a wafting of 

 the flefh, a general depravation of all the organs, and a lingering 'but 

 certain death. Notwithftanding which fatal confequences, there is 

 fomewhat fo bewitching in this pradice, that it has been found ex- 

 ceedingly difficult to wean any from it, who have been addifted to 

 the ufe of it for any length of time. 



In regard to the other fofiile, and mineral fubfl:ances found here, 

 1 refer to Browne i Natural Hiftory, who has clafled them in regu- 

 lar order. 



260. European and North American Herbs, Roots, and 



Fruits, cuhivated in this iftand, inhere, from their free vegetatioriy 

 they may be conjidercd as j^aturoUzcd produSlions. 



Apple [a\ Burnet. 



Alparagus [1^]. Burarge. 



Artichoke. Carrot. 



Baum. Cabbage [c]. 



Baftl. Cauliflower [d]. 



Beans. Carduus. 



Beet, Clary. 



Buglof>. Celery. 



[a] Several varieties of this fiait have been cultivated in the cooler diftriifls, particularly in 

 tLe JLicuanea Mountains, where tliey leem to thrive beft, and bear large and well flavoured 

 fniit, 1)1'.' in no great abundance ; tlie trees ftioot too much into H'ood. 



[3] Thi^ glows to a moderate lize ; but not fo large as in Europe: nor is it managed pro- 

 i)erly, to raife it in jxrtertion^ for it is naver laid deep enough, nor regularly cropped. Sjir H. 

 Sloane mentions the wild fort, or marilimus, ctajioir foUi>, as indigenous to this illand ; it ij 

 probably the fame as what is cultivated at IMontpelier, Gibraltar, and Minorca, an,! might be 

 prop;igated here in great perfeiftion, as it has been found by experience to thrive only in waiiii 

 climates. 



[c] Thcfe "row to greater perfeiFlion than in England : I have feen heads of enormous fizc 

 and weight produced in foil juft cleared from the native wood, on the Nortlvfide, poITcfling ati 

 extraordinary fivccinefs, and remarkably fnm and compart. 



[ /J Tiiefo do not attain to any conilderablc bulk. They are fomctLiiCi brought to Kingiloa 

 market, from the Liguaaca JAour.t;iins. 



Crefs. 



