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very oily ; but when it has been well dried it exposes a 

 kernel inside as good as an almond : one side of the fruit 

 is red, the other yellow ; it is very good against syphilis, 

 which, by reason of its heat, it drives out of the skin, so as 

 to be evident.* 



They have still other fruits ; for instance, the mumpelbouse, 

 as big as the head, red inside ; the peel prepared with 

 sugar, like the citron, is very good to allay thirst.f The 

 ptippunen, similar to the melons, green outside, red inside, 

 are made hollow, filled with fat, meat, or grease, pepper and 

 mace. When a fleet sails, they take one or two thousand 

 with them and when well boiled together their taste is good. J 

 The potazen, of the same form as our cheese-cakes, as long 

 as a finger, and oval, are peeled and cut, and when cooked 

 are an agreeable dish.§ 



The kecerey, a sort of a vegetable, reddish and white, like 

 lentils. || The gajan, round grains, which, when cooked, turn 

 quite green. f 



There is also a fruit, the size of a plum, green outside, 

 inside of a reddish yellow, with a big kernel inside when 

 ripe, and very sweet. The native call them mangas, and 



* The cashew-nut and apple, Anaeardium occidentale. 



| Pommelo, pomplemose, or shaddock (Citrus decumana, Lima..), the 

 largest of the orange tribe. See Hob son- Job son, s. v. " Pommelo," for 

 the many vagaries the name has assumed. Dutch ed. reads pumpehnoezen. 



I Dutch ed. pepoenen ; Port, pepino, cucumber. 



§ Probably sweet potatoes (Siy. batala). In W. Schouten spelt batattes 

 and patatten. 



|| Dutch ed. Itecerijen. Probably the vetchling (Lat hy >-us sativus, Linn.; 

 Cicercula alata, Moench). Hind, hhesdri, hussar, Ttasdri, kassar-tiuri. 

 W. Schouten has kitzery (II., 13) and Misery (II., 17 ; III., 15), which he 

 describes as " a small but nutritious seed." (See also next note.) 



^ Cajdnus indicus, or pigeon pea. — " hadjang, as the Javaneses and 

 Malayans call it" (Nieuhoff, loc. cit., 336), — is the commonly used pulse, 

 dal or doll of India. W. Schouten (II., 17) says: " Catyang, which are 

 little seeds, about the size of those of Fenugreek, and in some places 

 are shipped in large quantities, and are used everywhere throughout 

 India as food, just as peas are in Holland." Heydt (1744), writing of Java, 

 says (p. 69, note) : — " Some sell provisions and eatables, namely rice, 

 catjang, Mssery, beans and corn in great plenty." 



