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try. I am informed, it £rbws to a con- 

 fiderable height and fize, but as I have 

 never feen it, can give jio particular de- 

 fcription thereof. The fruit, when 

 brought to us by the diftant Natives, is 

 divided into four quarters/and fining on 

 firings, for the tonveniency of drying: 

 by the fize of thefe quarters* I conjecture 

 the fruit to be in bignefs equal to an or- 

 dinary apple. The texture of its fub- 

 ftance is fimilar to that of the Oriental 

 Nutmeg ; but it is of a 'darker brown 

 colour. Its tafte is warm and fpicy, 

 and it is universally ufed by the Indians 

 as a remedy for diarrhoeas, being mo- 

 derately aftringent. Its efficacy, in this 

 diforder, to which the Indians, from 

 the nature of their food, are particularly 

 expcied, has encouraged many of the 

 Butch inhabitants to imitate this Indian 

 practice. 



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