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Salt improves the flavour of the ripe fruit which, 

 with its aid, combined with careful boiling down 

 in sugar and candying, is converted into pre- 

 serves resembling lemon peel or citron glace. 

 Besides these and other " excellent preserves," 

 the pulp of the ripe fruit is used, iu the West, 

 in the preparation of syrups, wines, and elixirs 

 of reputed value iu the treatment of affections 

 of the fungs, bowers, and nervous system. But 

 the use of the ripe fruit as a ekin-soap and a 

 favoured cosmetic by young and old seems to be 

 still confined to the : - aribs whose soft aud sup- 

 ple clear complexions, so greatly and so justly 

 admired, are said to be due to the action of the 

 juice in levelling the asperities or harshness of 

 the skin. Again its reputation, in the form of a 

 poultice, as a cleanser of ulcers, sores, and yaws 

 is unheard of beyond its home; while a similar 

 use of the unripe fruit in the treatment of waits, 

 eczema, and the like is also unknown except 

 there. But, perhaps, the most remarkable use 

 to which the unripe fruit is applied in the West 

 is as a dispeller of the discomfort of surfeit. It 

 is a well-known fact - that the descendants of the 

 Spaniards, Portuguese, and other nations, who 

 form the bulk of the populations that reside in 

 Mexico and the countries to the south are much 

 addicted to a meat diet. It is frequently asserted 

 that some of these peoples consume raw meat 

 in large quantities, and that, to relieve the un- 

 comfortable distension of the stomach that fol- 

 lows its liberal use, slices of the fresh fruit are 

 either rubbed over the meat before it ia con- 



sumed or eaten with or immediately after it. The 

 commoner practice of rendering meat, which is 

 uneatably tough, into a rea°onably soft and 

 juicy condition by boiling it down with slices of 

 the green fruit is already known to Indian cooks. 

 But the statement that the wrapping of such 

 meat in the leaves or the mere hanging of it in 

 the crotons of the trees has the effect of soften- 

 ing its fibres to mellowness requires to be recei- 

 ved 'on a pair of scales.' Not so, however, the 

 alleged application of the green leaves and fruits 

 for the removal of clothes' stains or the clean- 

 sing and restoration of worn-out black gar- 

 ments in water in which the leaves have been 

 steeped. But, perhaps, the commonest local 

 applications of the fruit, in its mature yet un- 

 ripe condition, are its pickling in vinegar, plain 

 or spiced, and its service as a salad with cucum- 

 ber, or, after being boiled, as a vegetable. The 

 small black, rugose seeds of the ripe fruit, so re- 

 miniscent of radish and watei-cress, are aro- 

 matic, mildly pungent, and piquant. In the 

 West Indies they are eaten as a delicacy, plain 

 or as a vinegared condiment ; they are admin- 

 istered to quench the thirst of fever ; and are, 

 generally, believed to be possessed of carmin- 

 ative, anthelmintic, and other therapeutic virtue. 

 The fibrous material in the bark of the stem is 

 said to be spun into rope, in the West: while, 

 the radish-like roots are reputed to be a nervine 

 tonic and stimulant. 



A. M. S, 



—Capital, Sept. 7. 



