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to be more esteemed. The Rev. Mr. Hughes, 

 in his Natural History of Barbadoes, men- 

 tions the golden-orange as growing in that 

 island. He describes the fruit as a large 

 fine orange, of a deep colour within, from 

 whence it derives the name Golden Orange. 

 He adds, " This fruit is neither of the Seville 

 or China kind, though it partakes of both, 

 having the sweetness of the China mixed with 

 the agreeable bitterness and flavour of the 

 Seville orange/' 



The juice of oranges is a pleasing acid, 

 and good in inflammatory and putrid disor- 

 ders, both acute and chronical. The juice 

 contains an essential acid salt, mixed with 

 much mucilage. The salt may be obtained 

 in crystals, by diluting the juice, clarifying 

 it with whites of eggs, and using evaporation. 

 In this way a saline extract may be made, 

 capable of being preserved, and possessed of 

 the same medicinal qualities as the juice, 

 which is said to be very powerful in the 

 scurvy. When Commodore Anson sailed 

 round the world, his men, who were afflicted 

 with the scurvy, were surprisingly recovered 

 from that disorder by the oranges they found 

 in the island of Tinian. 



Orangeade, an agreeable drink made of 

 orange-juice, water, and sugar, may be 



