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a nut. The tree yields fruit twice a year. Srorne of 

 the nuts are as large as a man's head.. 



The Cacao-tree is of a middling size, the wood 

 is porous, the bark is smooth, and of a cinnamon 

 colour. The flower grows in bunches between the 

 stalks and the wood, of the form of roses; but with- 

 out scent. The fruit containing the cacao is a sort 

 of pod, of the size and shape of a cucumber. Within 

 this is a pleasant acid pulp, which fills up the inter- 

 stices of the nuts till they are ripe. Then they lie 

 close together, in a regular and elegant order. They 

 have a tough shell, within which fe the oily substance 

 whereof the chocolate is made. This fruit grows 

 differently from our European fruits, which always 

 hang upon the small branches ; whereas this grows 

 along the body of the great ones, principally at the 

 joints. None are found on the small, a manner of 

 vegetation strange here ; but which prevails in several 

 other plants within the tropics. 



The Tallow-tree, which grows plentifully in China 

 is about the height of a cherry-tree. Its bark is 

 very smooth, and its leaves of a deep shining red. Its 

 fruit grows in a pod, like a chesnut, consisting of 

 three white grains, each of which is about the size, 

 and of the form of a small nut. In each is a little 

 stone, surrounded with a white pulp, in consistence, 

 colour, and even smell like tallow. And this it 

 is, of which the Chinese in general make their can- 

 dles. 

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The Horse. chesnut contains a saponaceous juice, 

 useful not only in bleaching, but also in washing 

 linens and s tufts. Peel and grind them ; then the 

 weal of twenty nuts, is sufficient for ten or twerrty 

 quarts of water. Either linen or woollen may be wash., 

 t-d in the infusion, without any other soap. It takes 

 out spots of all kinds ; rinsing the clothes afterwards 

 ia spring water. 



