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15. SAHUTANIE. A large tree, bearing fruit of a bright 

 red colour and about the size of large gooseberries. 

 The pulpy flesh surrounding the one or two seeds, is 

 of a bitter-sweet flavour. 



16 TOPIE-TOPIE. A small tree with wide-spreading 

 branches, bearing a profusion of light green fruits 

 containing several back seeds. The fruit is about two 

 inches in diameter, and the natives eat the whole of 

 it, except the seeds. 



17. UNDENDIE. A small shrub, about two feet in height 

 bears clusters of reddish fruit (about the size of raisins) 

 with small seeds like the gooseberry. My cook often 

 used to prepare them for me, and they make excellent 

 eating. The natives eat the whole fruit skin and all. 



APPENDIX C. 



NGEKHE. A small shrub, from which the natives procure 

 a remedy for dysentery. The inner bark is boiled and 

 the concoction drunk, and in a day or two the sufferer 

 begins to recover. 



TANGALERO. A creeper that bears a kind of vegetable 

 marrow, which is somewhat larger than a Jaffa orange, 

 and of a mottled green colour. The natives use the 

 pulp as a substitute for soap in washing their clothes. 

 The seeds inside, after being dried, are fried and 

 eaten. 



MAUNGO. The roots of this tree give off a most objection- 

 able odour, and the natives most emphatically assert 

 that if some of the roots are placed in a house no 

 snakes will enter. They tie strands of it round their 

 ankles while hunting in the forest for honey, to safe- 

 guard themselves against being bitten by snakes. 



