of the Ifthmus of America. 3 1 9 



On the Main grows a Tree that bears a Fruit Anony- 

 like a Cherry ; but full of Stones, and never foft. mous - 



On the Main alfo are Plantains, in great Abunr Plantains. 

 dance, which have a Body confifting of feveral 

 Leaves or Coats, that grow one from under ano- 

 ther, fpiring upwards into an oblong Fruit at the 

 Top; the Coats or Leaves, which are very long 

 and large, fpreading from the Body, and making a 

 Plume all round. None of them grow wild, unlefs 

 when fome are brought down the Rivers in the Sea- 

 fon of the Rains, and being left a ground, fow 

 themfelves. The Indians fet them in Rows or 

 Walks, without Under-wood ; and they make very 

 delightful Groves. They cut them down to get at 

 the Fruit ; and the Bodies being green and fappy, 

 they are cut down with one Stroke of an Axe. 



The Bonano's alfo grow on the Ifthmus very plen- Bonano 7 *. 

 tifully. They are a fort of Plantains. The Fruit 

 is fhort and thick, fweet and mealy. ' This eats 

 beft raw, and the Plantain boil'd. 



On the IJlands there are a great many Mammee- Mammee. 

 trees, which grow with a clear, ftreight Body, to 60 

 Foot high, or upwards. The Fruit is very wholfome 

 and delicious ; fhap'd fomewhat like a Pound-pear, 

 but much larger, with a fmall Stone or two in the 

 Middle. 



The Mammee Sappota differs fomething from the Mamme® 

 other, and is a fmaller and firmer Fruit, of a fint Sa ^ oia ' 

 beautiful Colour when ripe. It is very fcarce on the 

 Iflands : and neither of thefe grow on the Conti- 

 tineni. 



So neither are Sapadilloes found growing on the .Safadill&t 

 Ifthmus^ though there is great Plenty of them in 

 the Iflands. The Tree is not fo high as thofe laft > 

 it grows without Branches to the Top, where it 

 fpreads out in Limbs like an Oak. The Fruit is 

 very pleafant to the Tafte. It is as fmall as a Befga™ 

 mafco Pear, and is coated like a Ruffe t-Fippin. 



