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APPENDIX. 



No. i. 



THE following is an account of the oranges, citrons, &c. of 

 Hindostaa in the time of the Emperor Baber. The words 

 within brackets are those of the translators. 



The memoirs of Zeher-ed-din Muhammed Baber, Emperor 

 of Hindostan, written by himself (A.D. 1519) in the Jaghatai 

 Turki, were translated by Dr. John Leyden and Mr. William 

 Erskine, published in 1826. In these memoirs I find the 

 following, regarding the orange tribe : 



(a.) Ndranj (or orange). In India "they have besides, the 

 Ndrajij (or SeVille orange), and the various fruits of the 

 orange species. The orange grows in Lemghanat, Bajour, 

 and Sewad, where it is both plenty and good. The orange 

 of Lemghanat is small but juicy, and pleasant for quenching 

 thirst.* It is sweet-smelling, delicate, and fresh. It is not, 

 however, to be compared with the oranges about Khorassan. 

 Its delicacy is such that, in carrying the oranges from Lem- 

 ghanat to Kabul, which is only 13 or 14 "farsangs" (between 

 50 and 60 miles), many of them are spoilt by the way. 

 They carry the oranges of Asterabad to Samarkand, which 

 is 270 or 280 "farsangs" off (about 1,100 miles); but as 

 these have a thick peel and little juice they are not apt to be 

 much injured. The size of the oranges of Bajour may be 

 about that of a quince. They are very juicy, and their juice 

 is more acid than that of other oranges. Khwajeh Kilan 

 tells me that he made the oranges of a single tree of this 



* It is evident from this that Baber, by Ndranj, could not have meant 

 the Seville or bitter orange. 



