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thin (kaghzi) and has not a greater thickness than the 

 stalk. The interior is full of pulp, white or greenish, and 

 very juicy ; pleasantly acid, and has a nice odour and 

 flavour. Its pulp and skin are almost like those of the 

 Spanish lemon. The seeds are whitish, round, and oblong, 

 and germinate readily if they fall on the ground, or are 

 sown in it. Some of these fruits increase in size to those 

 which in Europe are called Malum Orthomasticum (a 

 variety of apple) which has a pleasant smell, when rubbed 

 or held in the hand. If, however, these trees are not 

 properly cultivated they produce small and warty fruit, 

 which take a long time to turn yellow, and become covered 

 with a gum-like secretion. 



" This tree does not like a rich and fertile soil, but a hard 

 one, mixed with stones and old rubbish of decayed buildings 

 (demolition mortar ?). In such a soil it grows finer and 

 luxuriates more. Sites, which are well exposed to the sun, 

 suit it better. 



" In Latin it is called Limonellus, or Limo tcmds. In Malay 

 Lemon nipis, on account of its thin skin ; in Ternate, Lento 

 Java; in Amboyna, Aussi Pipis ; in Macassar, Lemo Capas, 

 as it is not much larger than a cotton-pod ;* in Banda, Usse- 

 crawo ; in Baleyera, Djoboi ; in Chinese, it is called Suyn 

 Cam, which is the general name of the whole of the acid 

 lemons. 



" It is found from Java to all the East Indian Islands, not 

 in the forests, but everywhere near habitations, planted and 

 carefully cultivated. Moreover it fruits all the year round, 

 but at one season it bears more plentifully than at others. 



" The juice of these lemons is in daily use ; by it every kind 

 of food is acidified, as all the people of India (Dutch India) 

 vastly prefer lemon-juice in their food to vinegar, the lettuce 

 excepted. This juice, used with food, tastes very nicely and 

 is delicious. In the green state its skin is preserved in sugar, 

 and the whole fruit is pickled in brine, to have it at hand all 

 the year round. This pickle is made as follows : fresh limes 

 are slightly scraped, to remove the green exterior ; then they 

 are pricked all over with a sharp pointed bit of wood, so 

 that they may be covered with holes. Then for three or four 

 * Capas is another word common to India, meaning cotton. 



