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in the world, is covered with a thin film. Be- 

 tween this and the shell is lodged a thick, 

 blackish, inflammable liquor, of such a 

 caustic nature in the fresh nut, that if the 

 lips chance to touch it, blisters will immedi- 

 ately follow. The fruit is said to be good in 

 disorders of the stomach ; for the juice of it 

 cuts the thick tough humours, which obstruct 

 the free circulation of the blood, and thus 

 removes the complaint. This juice, ex- 

 pressed and fermented, makes a fine rough 

 wine, useful where the viscera or solid system 

 has been relaxed. Barham, who has written 

 on this fruit, says, " the stone of this apple 

 appears before the fruit itself, growing at the 

 end in the shape of a kidney, as big as a 

 walnut. Some of the fruit are all red, some 

 entirely yellow, and some mixed with both 

 red and yellow, and others perfectly white, 

 of a very pleasant taste in general ; but there 

 is a great variety, as some more sharp, some 

 in taste resembling cherries, others very 

 rough like unripe apples. The taste of most 

 of them is sweet and pleasant, but generally 

 goes off with an astringency or stipticity 

 upon the tongue, which proceeds from it's 

 tough fibres, that run longwise through the 

 fruit. When cut with a knife, it turns as 

 black as ink. The generality of the fruit 



