124 The Natural Hiftory of the Book V: 
and Stothach ; and, fufpecting he was poifoned, he ftrove, and with good 
Succefs, to vomit ; and, having taken after this feafonable Difcharge, a 
regular Emetic, his Stomach was, in a great meafure, fuddenly cleanfed 
of the Poifon, tho’ it coft him a long time to perfeét the Cure. 
Iam likewife of Opinion, that the Vehicle, in which it was conveyed, 
contributed not a little to prevent its otherwife very ill, if not fatal Effeéts; 
for, as moft Oils are Antidotes againft Poifon, the Chocolate, being rich 
of the Nut, might be fo very oily, that the poifonous Salts were fheathed 
or blunted in that Vehicle. 
It hath been alfo obferved, that Fifh, as the Barracuda, and others, 
which eat thefe Apples, dropped cafually into the Sea, are often found 
dead in the Wath of the Water ; and, if taken, whilft alive, and eaten, 
often prove poifonous; and even the large white Crab, that burrows in 
the Sand, is not, if near thefe Trees, to be made ufe of for Food. 
I hall conclude the Defcription of this Tree with a remarkable Obfer- 
vation, generally found to be true; whichis, that where-ever a Manchaneel- 
tree grows, there is found a White-wood, or a Fig-tree, near it; 
the Juice of either of the latter being an infallible Antidote againft the 
Poifon of the former. 
Salt Water is no lefs efficacious ; and as thefe always grow up by the 
Sea-fide, this Remedy is near at hand. 
Formerly no one dared to cut down thefe Trees, without firft having 
made a large Fire round them, in order to burn the Bark, and dry up 
the Spry and Juices that fly from them in cutting: But now naked Ne- 
groes venture to cut them down green, only ufing the Caution of pre- 
vioufly rubbing their whole Bodies with Lime-juice, which prevents the 
Juice from corroding or ulcerating their Skins. 
Bruifing and mafhing the tender Leaves and Boughs, in Fifh-ponds, 
hath often been likewife a roguifh Praétice of taking and deftroying Fith; 
for the Fith very foon after will grow ftupid, float, with their Bellies up- 
wards, on the Top of the Water, and often die. 
The SHADDOCK-TREE; Lat. AURANTIUM Epguctu 
Maximo Inpra# ORIENTALIS. 
G ta E Tree, bearing the large white Shaddock, hath many {trong Roots. 
When full-grown, it is often above Sixteen Feet high, divided near 
the Top into many {trong Branches, cloathed with numerous blunt- 
pointed Leaves, of about Four Inches long, and near Three in Breadth, 
of a deep Green above, and pale underneath ; refembling, in their Make, 
that of a four Orange. 
coulle Flowers are like the Orange, furrounding numerous Stamina 
tipped with pices. ji 
‘Thefe are fucceeded by the Fruit, fomewhat in the Shape of a Pear; 
but far larger, and fomewhat rounder. ee 
The eutfide Skin is yellowith and fmooth, s This 
