LETTER II. 31 



IS lodged a fharp Aromatick Oyl of a cauftick 

 quality, which if accidentally tafted of, occafions 

 an uneafy fenfation feveral hours -, and this very 

 Oyl is what takes off the Skin of the Face -, now 

 though the thing is actually fa6t, and frequently 

 enough practiced, I do not call to mind above one 

 Lady who owned that flie herfelf had tried it j fhe 

 faid, that the whole operation was painful, but 

 alas ! What will not Pride attempt ? As thefe 

 ftones are not very uncommon at London^ I won- 

 der that fome of our KngliJJo Ladies who ufe all 

 other Jezebel- Arts to fet off their brown Com- 

 plexions to the utmoft advantage, do not try 

 this Experiment. You find an account of Coco- 

 trees in paragraph 23 of this Letter. Bonano is 

 a Fruit of four or five inches long, the lize as 

 well as fliape of a midling Cucumber, of a high 

 and grateful flavour, and you will meet with an 

 account of the Tree itfelf in paragraph 1 8 of this 

 Letter. The Fruit grows in Bunches that weigh 

 a dozen pounds. Plantain is exadVly like the Bo- 

 nano in all refpe6ts, except that its Fruit has an 

 infipid tafte. I had almoft forgot to acquaint you, 

 that we there have plenty of Cabbages, that in my 

 opinion are full as good as Englijh Colly-flowers ; 

 they are not propagated by Seed like our*s, but 

 in rainy weather we flip off the Sprouts from 

 the Cabbage-ft:umps, which being fliuck into the 

 ground which is jtift then dug up for that purpofe, 



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