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the fruit being bruifed and macerated in 

 water, affords the paint fo delightful to 

 the Indians* and which in colour nearly 

 refembles Indigo. With this they or* 

 nanient their bodies, by drawing a 

 variety of figures, agreeable to the 

 fuggeftions of a wanton ruftic fancy. 

 Thefe figures, when thus drawn on the 

 flun, are perfectly indelible for the term 

 of nine or ten days, by any art hitherto 

 difcovered. When that time is elapfed, 

 they ufually begin to difappear, and are 

 foon after invifible. From this fruit, a 

 beautiful ink is like wife made, which, 

 however, in a fhort time, becomes in- 

 vifible, and is therefore capable of 

 ferving many fraudulent purpofes ; for 

 which reafon, its ufe is prohibited 2 

 under the fevereft penalties. 



The Red Mangrove Tree is common 

 to almoft every part of the continent 

 between the tropics, but has been hi- 

 therto 



