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posed/' continues Lunan, " this rawness of 

 the eye-lids, accompanied with a humour, is 

 generally caused by worms which lodge in it, 

 and that this application destroys them/' 



Lime punch is more esteemed than that 

 made from lemons, particularly for cold 

 punch, which is a beverage greatly esteemed 

 by turtle eaters. 



The citron is principally used as a sweet- 

 meat. 



The shaddock-tree: Aurantium Friictu 

 maximo India Orientalis. 



This fruit is also a species of the citrus, 

 and takes its name from Captain Shaddock, 

 who first brought it from the East Indies, 

 where it is a native. It is now cultivated in 

 the West Indies, where the fruit often grows 

 to the size of twenty inches in circumference, 

 and is known to yield near half a pint of 

 clear juice. It is described in the Hortus 

 Jamaicensis as being often larger than a 

 man's head. Shaddocks are preserved as a 

 sweetmeat, and used in making punch, as 

 well as limes and lemons. 



