224 T/je Ndtural Hiftory 



23. Cajhew-tree. Bears a Kidney-like 

 i Fruit, at the end of a larger $ whofe Ker- 

 nel roafted eats beyond a Chefnut : The 

 Natives make Canows of its Timber. 



24. Wild'CaJbew. Like thelaft, ;but thefe 

 Leaves are very rough and hard. 1 



25. Horfe Caffia. Is a tall great Tree, 

 with Flefli Flowers, which may be feen at 

 a great diftance. 



26. Thp Chardone. Is a fort of Indian* 

 Fig or Prickle-Pear • with an edible deep 

 red Fruit, as big again as a Gdofe Egg i 

 good to eat. 



27'. The Cochineel-Chardone or Tuna. Its 

 Leaves from one to four foot long < fome 

 three, others four Square - the Flowers 

 much iefs than the next, the Fruit three In- 

 ches Ions and four about, which by preffing 

 fplits lengthways, containing a white juicy 

 Pulp fullof Seeds : Thefe are eaten with the 

 Pulp, and for pleafantnefs exceed our com- 

 mon Fis^s. 



28. The Knobbed Char done- 



29. The three fquare Char done. 



30. Birds Cherry. Bears a black Fruit, 

 much coveted by the Birds. 



% U Myrtle Cherry. Its Fruit black h the 

 Leaves have an altringent or dry tafte, but 

 being rubb'd betwixt the Fingers, fmell very 



ftrong. * 



5 2. Pepper Cherry. The Fruit fcarlet with 

 - eight Furrows, taftes bitterifti, and fome- 

 thing hot, like Qapficnm or Cod-pepper. 



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