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or my gloves had Imbibed the offenfive par- 

 ticles and from having incautioufly ufed them, 

 my lips and face burnt for many hours after, 

 with all the fcorchings of cantharidiftical acri- 

 mony ; alfo from their having reached the 

 tongue and fauces I was brought into a copious 

 falivation, and, throughout the morning, 

 my mouth and throat were much fwelled, 

 and throbbed wiih iiery heat. 



Near the fea we faw likewife fome other 

 trees, bearing a fruit very like grapes, — but 

 experience of the manchineel made us cau- 

 tious in gathering further fpecimens of tro- 

 pical production. Some negroes whom we 

 met informed us that they were called fea- 

 grapes, and were ufed as fruit : upon which 

 we ventured to gather a few of them, 

 and found that they were of pleafant flavor. 

 In the courfe of the fame walk we met with 

 a fine avenue of coco-nut trees, bordered 

 with the aloe and the plantain. This was 

 not to be refifted. We could not forego the 

 pleafbre of exploring the extent of this de- 

 lightful (hade, and, therefore, proceeded tp 

 its utmoft depth, when we found that it led to 



