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being admirably well verfed in his Profeffion, fell 

 into great Bufinefs immediately. 



47. Among the dit'ferent forts of Fruit I might 

 have fet down thefe following ones, inz. Ta- 

 marinds, Pomgranates, Plums, Mamma- Apples, 

 Mamma-Supports, and Prickle Pears. Tama- 

 rinds are ufed by our Dodlors in Fevers, as 

 well as in Punch, when Oranges and Lemons 

 are hard to be come at. Pomgranates are to my 

 Taile a very infipid Fruit, and fold commonly 

 enough at London. Plums grow upon Trees that 

 are as big as Engliili Oaks, are of a deep yellow 

 colour, have a fcrong fmell, are tart in the mouth, 

 and at the fame time have fomething of the fla- 

 vour of an Engliili Black Curran. Mamma- Ap- 

 ples and Mamma -Supports^ were fir too fweet 

 and lufliious for my Palate. Prickle Pear (both 

 with the red and yellow Flower) is feldom fo 

 much as tailed of by us, and is called by our 

 Englifli Gardiners Ftcus Jndica^ but for what 

 reafon is a mydery to me ; for in the Wejl Indies 

 we have the fame kind of Figs with thofe which 

 grow in Spain and England^ though with this 

 material difference, viz. That the European Figs 

 have far too lufhious a Tafle, wliereas the Wejl 

 Indian have a very iine picquant Flavour. Prickle 

 Pear needs no defcription, fince it grows at Chel- 



^ Sir Hans Sloan calls them Manunce d.vi(i Mamma Sapotas, 



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