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HISTORY OF FRUITS. 



alternative of temperature excites : thus sensuality is here 

 found, which is not very common, perfectly agreeing 

 with health." 



Madame de Genlis relates, that " the master of Lock- 

 man, the famous fabulist, who was a slave, having given 

 him a bitter melon, was astonished to see him eat the 

 whole of it; and, on naming his surprise, received this 

 answer : ' I have experienced so many benefits from you/ 

 said Lockman, ' that it cannot be strange that I should 

 have eaten without complaint the first bitter fruit which 

 you ever presented me with.' This answer so affected his 

 master, that he gave Lockman his liberty." 



