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cued pig had agreed with her. But, with negroes, 

 I find that feeding the sick upon stewed fish and 

 pork, highly seasoned, produces the very best ef- 

 fects possible. 



Some of the fruits here are excellent, such as shad- 

 docks, oranges, granadelloes, forbidden fruit; and 

 one between an orange and a lemon, called " the 

 grape or cluster fruit," appears to me quite de- 

 licious. For the vegetables, I cannot say so much, 

 yams, plantains, cocoa poyers, yam-poys, bananas, 

 &c. look and taste all so much alike, that I 

 scarcely know one from the other : they are all 

 something between bread and potatoes, not so 

 good as either, and I am quite tired of them all. 

 The Lima Bean is said to be more like a pea than a 

 bean, but whatever it be like, it appeared to me 

 very indifferent. As to peas themselves, nothing 

 can be worse. The achie fruit is a kind of vegetable, 

 which generally is fried in butter ; many people, I 

 am told, are fond of it, but I could find no merit in 

 it. The palm-tree (or abba, as it is called here) 

 produces a long scarlet or reddish brown cone, 

 which separates into beads, each of which contains 

 a roasting nut surrounded by a kind of stringy 

 husk — which, being boiled in salt and water, upon 

 being chewn has a taste of artichoke, but the con- 

 sistence is very disagreeable. The only native 

 vegetable, which I like much, is the ochra, which 

 tastes like asparagus, though not with quite so 

 delicate a flavour. 



