126 Sketch of the Tropical Fruits, £c. 



shorten it without in a great measure frustrating the intentions 

 with which it was written. My purpose has been to point 

 out the principal features of the objects I have described in 

 as brief a space as possible, so that a tolerably accurate notion 

 might be formed of their appearance and qualities. The 

 authorities on which I have relied for my information are 

 such as have the highest reputation for accuracy ; and as I 

 have uniformly quoted them with scrupulous exactness, every 

 one may form his own opinion of their credibility. 



