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pulp is in daily use as a condiment and pickle, in a porridge 

 or pap, by them called Papeda* Every mouthful of this is 

 dipped in the juice, and then eaten. From this custom its 

 name may have arisen. Always, however, some fish or meat 

 broth is added, as otherwise it causes some griping, for which 

 reason our nation do not use its juice much, but prefer other 

 milder lemons. It is also used for preparing the fine pigment 

 called Cassomba, from the dry flowers of the Carthamus,* or 

 Cnicus flowers, for the preparation of which always the most 

 sharply acid lemons are required, as is clear from the des- 

 cription of its preparation. For this reason, the inhabitants 

 of Saleyera take for sale to Macassar this kind of fruit in 

 greater quantity, since there the largest part of the Cassomba 

 pigment is prepared and consumed. 



" The roots of the old trees are largely used by the people 

 of Macassar for making handles of large knives, and of the 

 weapons called Krissen y \ made by them, since this wood is 

 solid and streaked. 



" Some of the Amboynese take a certain quantity of the 

 juice of these lemons, and heat it on the fire in a pan, until 

 half the quantity has evaporated, and the remainder has 

 turned blackish. With this the Amboynese smear small- 

 pox, so that it may suppurate and dry quickly. This cure, 

 however, few can tolerate, as it smarts excessively. 



"Another variety of this species js called Lemon Carbu, the 

 fruit of which, of all acid lemons, is the largest. Its tree is 

 higher than others, with many branches, and an extensive 

 head. Its leaves are like those of the foregoing (Lima 

 agrestis], but mostly they are larger 5 inches long and 

 more. In the upper part (leaflet) more serrate, in the lower 

 or cordate part, it is smaller than the other by half, but as 

 broad. Hence these leaves also appear double. It has 

 smaller spines than the other kind (Lima agrestis). The 

 flowers are the same. The fruit is about the size of a child's 

 head, some even larger than a man's head, not really round 

 or spherical, but pyriform, rather irregular, and covered with 

 large tubercles resembling those of Lemon Papeda. The 

 rest is smooth, nor has it any foveoli : and when ripe it be- 



* Safflower, or "kussumb," of the natives of continental India, 

 t Vide Appendix, No. 66. 



