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grows on a Tree of the fize of a Codlin Apple- 

 Tree, being as big as a Golden Pippin but fhaped 

 like a Lemon, Pomgranates are fo common that 

 they want no Defer iption. The Cafl:iew Cherry- 

 tree refembles the EngliJJj Dwarf Apple-tree, but 

 the Leaves are of a much lighter yellowifli Green j 

 the Cherry as to ihape is conical, with the lefler 

 end towards the ftalk on which it grows ; its bulk 

 is like that of a midling Pear ; its Colour is gene- 

 rally fpeaking of a deep Yellow, and fometimes 

 of a palifli Red. At the outfide top of the Cherry 

 (which feems hollowed a Uttle by dame Nature 

 for that purpofe,) grows the Stone called at Ja-- 

 maica a Nut, quite bare, in the exad: {hape of a 

 Sheep's Kidney, and is about an inch long, con- 

 taining in it a large kernel of a fine talle; the 

 Fruit has a harih and very uncommon Flavour, 

 which I never could admire; when our JVeJl India 

 young Ladies fancy themfelves too much tanned 

 with the fcorching Rays of the Sun, they gently 

 fcrape off the thin outfide Skin of the Stone, and 

 then rub their Faces all over with the Stone j 

 their Faces do immediately fwell, grow black, 

 and the Skin being thus poifoned, will in five or 

 fix days time come entirely off the Face in large 

 Fleaks, fo that they cannot appear in publicfc 

 under a full fortnight, by which time their new 

 Skin looks as fair as the Skin of a young Child ; 

 The Shell of the Stone or Nut is porous, wherein 



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