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other fort of Pulfe, as far as I am informed, that is prepared in 

 this Manner. The Leh-lehhy therefore of thefe Times, may 

 probably be the ['V Kal'i\ f arched Pulfe ', of the H. Scrip- Tbe_ parched 

 tures; as Caffianiis fuppofeth them to be the TpayiAia. ot the 

 Greek Authors'. They have hkewife been taken by fome 

 Writers^ for the Tkeons T>miv. that is mentioned at the Siege r/.p pigeons 

 of Samaria. It is very certain, that this Pulfe is pointed at h. acnp- 



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one End and acquireth an Afli Colour in the parching. Now 

 as the firft Circumftance anfwereth to the ufual Figure, the 

 other, to the ufual Colour of Tigeofis T)ung, the Suppolition, 

 I prefume, is by no means to be difregarded. 



After the Corn and Pulfe, we are to take Notice of th^Ti^e produce 



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Roots, Potherbs, and Fruit of this Country ; ot which there Garden. 

 is not only a great Plenty and Variety, but a Continuance or 

 Succeflion at lead of one Kind or other throughout the whole 

 Year. To give therefore a fmall Specimen of the Kitchen 

 and Fruit Gardens oi Barharj ; we are to obferve that Turneps, 

 Carrots, and Cabbages, are equally good and common in molt 

 Seafons. The Lift el Ha/Ijoure , a fmall Parfnip like Turnep 

 with fibrous Roots, hath a Tafte fo agreeably pungent, that 

 it is held in the higheft Efteem, and fold by Weight. Lettice^ 

 [Chofs o"i-] Endive, Crefs, Chervil, Spinage, all forts of Beets, 

 with the young Shoots of the Wild and Garden Artichoak, are in 

 Seafon from OCtoher to June : and then follow, during the reft 

 of the Summer, Calahajhas, Mellou-keabs, Bedin-janns, and Caiabaihas, 

 Tomatas\ each of Them, in if s Turn, giving a Relifh to their 

 Soups and Ragofits, Neither lliould \Cazhar j=tj=~\ Coriander be 

 omitted, as it hath always a principal Share in the MooriJJj 

 Cookery. Sellery and CoUiflowers arrive to great Perfedtionseiiery, &c, 

 in this Climate. They are fown in July, yet are not fit for 

 gathering 'till the February or March following. I have feen 

 feveral of the latter, that were very white, folid and compadl, 

 nieafuring a Yard or more in Circumference. About the lat- 

 ter End of June likewife, is the firft appearance of Mus\ and Melons. 

 Water Melons ; the firft of which are little Superiour to Ours 

 in the Richnefs of their Tafte ; but the latter, for the want of 

 a due Heat, have never been raifed to Perfeftion in the Nor- 



I 2 Sttm. 17. 28. Vid. Hleronpn. Verf. 2 Superintulit caniftrum habens c'tcer fr'idtm, 

 quod illi Tfaj^hia (i.e. BuUaria) vocant. Caffian. CoUat. 8. 3 Vid. Boch. Hieroz. 

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