Of Capu HowBL Davis. 199 



tiot fb incremental as the Shrubs? or Buflies of five 

 or fix Foot high ^ thefe bear a Fruit (if it may be 

 fo called) about the Bignefs of Pigeons Eggs, which 

 as thfc Sun fwells and ripens, burfts forth and dif^ 

 covers three Cells loaded with Cbtton, and Seeds 

 in the Middle of them : This in moft Parts the Ne- 

 groes know how to fpin, and here at Nicongo and 

 the Ifland St, "^^^go^ how to weave into Cloths. 



Tamrhs are a common Root^ fweeter but not un- 

 like Potato's : Kulalvj a Herb like Spinnage Papaj^ 

 a Fruit lefs than the Imalleft Pumkins ^ they are 

 all three for boiling, and to be eat with Meatj 

 the latter are improved by tHe Englijh into a Tur- 

 nip or an i^pple Taft, with a due Mixture of But^ 

 ter or Limes. 



Guavas^ a Fruit as large as a Pipin, with Seeds 

 and Stones in it, of an uncouth afiringing Tafl, tho^ 

 never lo much be laid in Commendation of it, at the 

 Wefi'hdies^ it is comm.on for Cra^olians^ (who has 

 tafted both,j to give it a Preference to Peach or 

 ]SIe9:arine, no amazing Thing when Men whole 

 Tafts are fo degenerated, as to prefer a Toad in a 

 Shell, (as Ward calls Turtle,) to Vemii^n^ and Ne- 

 groes to fine Englijh Ladies. 



Plantanes and Bonmo^s are Fruit of oblong Fi- 

 gure, that I think differ only fecmdnm Mnjor & 

 Mlnusj if any, the latter are preferable, and by be- 

 ing lefs, are juicier ; they areufualiy, when ftrip- 

 ped of their Coat, eat at Meals inftead of Bread : 

 The Leaf of this Plantane is an admirable Deter- 

 gent, and, externally applied, 1 have feen cure the 

 mofl: obftinate fcorbutick Ulcers. 



Manyoco. A Root that ftioots its Branches about 

 the heighrh of a Currant Bufh ; from this Root 

 the Iflanders make a Farine or Flower, which th^y 

 fell at three Ryals a Roove, and drive a confidera- 

 ble Trade for it with the Ships that call in. The 

 manner of making it, isfirft to prefs the Juice from it, 



N 4 (which 



