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ORANGES. 



the inside is full of bitter seeds, pithy placenta, 

 and fluffy skins. The wild oranges upon the 

 Island and the Continent resemble those which 

 we call Seville. As a rule the £ golden apple 9 

 abounds from May to October. It is considered 

 cooling, antibilious, and antiseptic, especially 

 w r hen eaten before other food in the early morn- 

 ing. Thus it was a saying in the Brazil that 

 the physician does not enter that house where 

 orange-peel is strewed about. In West Africa 

 the Hev. Mr Brown 1 of Texas judged the fruit 

 harshly, and predicted the death of a brother 

 missionary who was too fond of it. Many boxes 

 and bags of oranges are carried as presents from 

 Zanzibar to the northern ports (Banadir), Aden, 

 and even Bombay ; ' Gulf- Arabs,' who have 

 not such luxuries at home, will here devour a 

 basket-full at a sitting. The sweet limes of 

 Zanzibar are considered inferior to none by those 

 who enjoy the sickly £ mawkish ' flavour: the 

 acid limes are cheap, plentiful, and aromatic ; 

 they are second only to those grown about 

 Maskat, the ne plus ultra of perfume and flavour. 



1 Missionary of the Southern Baptist Connexion. He 

 published a book of Travels in Western Africa, and a Grammar 

 and Dictionary of the Yoruba language, printed by the 

 Smithsonian Institution (May, 1858). 



