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Canes, with | has been a guick paflage.and the fruites taken in the nick of time ; but, 
the manner | that happens very feldom. But, that they fhould be brought from the}. 
3 | Barbadoes,is impoflible, by reafon of the feveralClimatesbetween} — 
| We brought inthe fhip feventeen of feveral growths, but all rorten,| 
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‘offthe crovvit, and fend that out to be planted; and then vvitha knife, | 
have feena dozenof thefe ‘round about ‘the prime fruit, butnot fo 
highas the bottom of that,and the whole Plant together, fhews like 
‘Father in the middle, anda dozen Childrenround about him; and}° ° 
all tho will take their turnesto be ripe, and all very good. When 
this fruit is grown toa ripenefs, you fhall perceive it by the {mell, 
which is asfar beyond thefmell of our choiceft fruits of Europe, Ws the 
tafte is beyord theirs. When we gatherthem, we leave fome' ofthe 
ftalk to take hold by ; and when vve come to eat. them, vve firft cut 
vigorous fharpnefs 5 and betvveen thefetvvo extreames, of fharp and 
- | fiveet, liesthe relifh and flavor ofall fruits that are excellent; andthofe| 
_ | thofe of fuch**formes and ‘colours, as ‘tis a very beautiful fight to 
look on, and in-vitesthe appetite beyond meafure. Of this fruit you 
ny thoughts which way this fruit mightbe brought into Exgland, but 
| cannot fatisfie my felf in any-; preferv’d it cannotbe, whole ; for, the 
finde is is {6 firm and tough,as no Sugarcanenter ims and if youdivide 
it'in peices, ( the fruit being full of pores) all the pure tafte will boyle 
| Out.’ *Tis true, that the Dutch preferve them at Ferzambock, and fend| 
them home‘; but they arefichas are young, and their rinde foft. and 
tender + ‘But thofe never came to their full tafte, nor can we know by | 
the tafte ofthem; what the othersare. Fromthe Bermudoes, (ome have| 
8 i: ‘Though Ihave faid as much as is fit, and no more then truth, of rie 
fs \the Beauty aid tafte of thefe formentioned Trees and Plants, beyond. 
pare offthe rindé, vvhichis:fo beautiful, as it grieves us to: rob the fruit 
offuch anornament 3 nor vvould we do it, but to enjoy the precious 
fub{tance it contains; like a Thief, that breakes a beautiful Cabinet, 
which we would forbear to do, but forthe treafure he expects to find 
within. ~The rinde being taken off,vve lay the fruit ima dith, and cut 
it ii flices, halfan inch thick ; and as the knife goes in, there ites 
out ofthe pores of the fruit,a liquor, cleer as Rock-vvater,neer about | 
fix fpoonfulls; vvhich is eaten whith a{poon 3 and as you tafte it, you 
find it in ahigh degree delicious, but fo milde, as you can diftinguith 
nO‘tafte at all; but when you bite a pieceofthe fruit, it is fo violently 
fharp,as you vvould think icvvould fetchall the skin offyour mouth; 
bit, before your tongue have made a fecond trial upon your. palat, 
youfhall perceive fuch a fvveetnefs to follovv, as perfectly to cure that 
taftés will change and flow fo: faft upon your palate, as your fancy can 
hardly keép way with them, to diftinguifhthe one from the other: 
and this at Jeaft to'a tenth examination, for fo long the Eccho will Jaft, | 
This fruit within;is‘neer of the colowwof an Abricot not full ripe; and 
éates ¢rifpe and fhort; as'that. does 3obut: it is» full-of pores, and 
may eat plentifully, without any danger of furfeting. | have had mas 
been brought hither in their full ripenefs and-perfe@ion, where there 
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