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I have discussed this point in the chapter on the 

 pummelos, and have come to the conclusion that it is 

 not a distinct species, but is possibly an offshoot of 

 the C. aurantium sinense, Gall., or some similar orange, 

 and not improbably it had its origin in Cochin China. 



The word pummelo is, of course, a corruption of the 

 Dutch Pompel-moes, through Pummelnose, by first 

 making it Pummelos, and then turning it into the 

 singular Pummelo. Shaddock is said to come from 

 Captain Shaddock, who first introduced it into the 

 West Indies. 



PL 92 gives the figures of the " forbidden fruit " of 

 the English shops. The fruiterer said they came from 

 Palestine. I give them for comparison. 



The Suntara and Kamala Oranges. 



These oranges, as I have already said, although 

 sweet, are totally different from the sweet Portugal 

 oranges. 



The Pundits of Benares have invented two different 

 derivations for this word - suntara. (a.) Siintarati, 

 which is made up of sun, meaning well, and tarati, 

 a thing that floats, the whole meaning a thing which 

 floats well. Now the suntara orange floats very well 

 indeed, and in the rivers of the Khasia hills, whence 

 these oranges are brought down in boatloads for the 

 Calcutta market, this phenomenon must have been often 

 seen, viz., a suntara orange floating down the river. 

 (6.) Suntunrati, which is made up of suntun, mean- 

 ing bottom, and rati, a thing which clings to some- 

 thing else ; the whole meaning a thing which is 

 adherent in its bottom part. This would also apply 

 to the suntara orange. These pretty sounding deri- 

 vations, however, are said to be impossibilities in 



