AND LOWER EGYPT. 9I 



The pulp Is white near the rind, and red In the 

 middle. Their seeds are flattened ; their shell is 

 black, and the interior of a beautiful white. 



I have eaten at Stout pastecas of another kind, 

 which are called hattech sa'iJi. It differs from that 

 which I have now described, in that its rind is less 

 smooth, and of a whitish gray, the pulp in the 

 middle of the fruit is of the most lively rose co- 

 lour, the shell of the seeds hard, almost ligneous, 

 and of an aurora-red colour. This species grows 

 to a still larger size than that with a green rind; 

 and its pulp, likewise, firm and brittle, preserves 

 equally an agreeable coolness, and the same slightly 

 sugared flavour. Both of them are wholesome and 

 useful food in climates where the heat makes the 

 blood to boil, and gives sharpness to the humours. 



From the commencement of the month of May 

 they eat also a large quantity of melons, very beau- 

 . tiful in appearance, but in general of a very in- 

 different quality. They have, at the same season, 

 very large pumpkins, of which the Arabic name is 

 harrach. They cat likewise small green dates, the 

 stones of which tiave acquired no consistency. But 

 these fruits, delicious v/hen they have arrived at 

 maturity, are very bad before they arc formed, al- 

 though in that state they are very much to the taste 

 of the inhabitants of Upper Egypt. 



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