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kind, is the larger lime, which, in Hindostan, they call the 

 kilkil lime (kilmek is the name by which it now goes).* In 

 shape it is like a goose's egg, but does not, like the egg, taper 

 away at the two extremities. The skin of this species is 

 smooth, like that of the sengtereh. It has a remarkable 

 quantity of juice." 



(/) Jambiri (or Jabiri). "Another fruit resembling the 

 orange is the jambiri. In shape it is like the orange, but it 

 is of a deeper yellow. It is not, however, an orange, though 

 its smell is like that of the orange. This fruit, too, yields a 

 pleasant acid."t 



(g.) SadapJiaL "Another of the orange kind is the sada- 

 pJial (everlasting fruit, Hunter), which is shaped like a pear, 

 and in colour resembles the quince. It has a sweet taste, 

 but not so mawkish as the sweet orange."J 



(//.) AmratpJiaL ''The amratph&l (lit. nectar-fruit) is an- 

 other of the fruits resembling the orange." (On this notice of 

 the amratphal there is, in the Turki copy, the following note 

 of Emperor Humayun. It is not found in either of the Persian 

 translations.) " His Majesty , whose abode is in Paradise, 

 may Heaven exalt his splendour, has not attended sufficiently 

 to the amratphaL As he observed that it was sweet and 

 mild tasted, he compared it to the sweet orange, and was not 

 fond of it ; for he had a dislike to the sweet orange, and 

 everybody, on account of the amratph&Fs mild sweet, called 

 it like the orange. At that time, particularly on his first 

 coming to Hindostan, he had been long and much addicted 

 to strong drinks, whence he naturally did not like sweet 

 things. The amratphal is, however, an excellent fruit. Its 

 juice, though not extremely sweet, yet is very pleasant. At 

 a later period in my time we discovered its nature and ex- 

 cellence. Its acidity, when unripe, resembles that of the 

 orange. While yet very acid, its sourness affects the stomach, 



* I never heard of the name " kilmek" 



t This description points to the jhambiri proper (which see), and 

 not to the khagzi-nimboo, or lime proper. 



J This description rather tallies with that of the sadaphal of 

 moderns ; but any Citrus, bearing fruit all the year round, might be 

 called sadaphal. 



Meaning Baber. 



