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that the periodical rains lail eight months ; that the men are 

 effeminate, and anoint themfeh'^es with oil of Satidal wood, and 

 the women drefs themfelves with leaves of trees, cloathing 

 only their lower parts. All the people of this internal country, 

 being aborigines, retain the primeval fuperftition of the old 

 religion. 



The Black Pepper has of late been difcovered in part of Black. Pepper. 

 this country. The J[yee?i fays it has the Betel leaf, which is 

 chewed by the natives : the iame book alfo celebrates the 

 beauty of its flowers. 



Doctor Darzvm, in his elegant poem T/je Loves of the PlantSf 

 giving a loofe to fancy, places in this province, among the great- 

 eft and moft magnificent of the foreft, Kleinhovia Hofpita<i 

 Cati Marus, Riimph. Amboin. iii. tab. cxiii. a tree of fmall 

 growth : This is a native of Amboina.) defcribed and figured by 

 Rumpbius only, who fpeaks of it as a very defpicable tree. In 

 fad:, the introdu6lion muft be vindicated, for the pleafure we 

 may receive from the following beautiful lines : 



Gigantic nymph, the fair Kleinhovia reigns. 

 The grace and terror of Orixa's plains : 

 O'er her warm cheek the blufh of beauty fvvims. 

 And nerves Herculean bend her finewy limbs. 

 With frolic eye fhe views th' affrighted throng. 

 And fhakes the meadows as fhe towers along j 

 With playful violence difplays her charms. 

 And bears her trembling lover in her arms. 



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