72 NARRATIVE OF AN 



CHAP, froy, Mr. de Graav not being in town to concert matters 



XIX. 



^ _ . ' _. relative to the emancipation of Joanna, who had now 

 once more literally faved my life. At this table there was 

 never wanting all the wholefome and refrefhing nourifli- 

 ment that I ftood in need of, with the beft of fruits and 

 wines. Among the articles conducive to the reftoration 

 of health, are reckoned in this country all the different 

 kinds of pepper which it affords, and the no lefs effica- 

 cious acid of limes. Among the firfl are the cica pepper, 

 the lattacaca, and the dago-peepee^ as they are called in 

 Surinam; for the negroes name each thing from the re- 

 femblance it bears to another : but thefe are known in 

 Europe by the names of Cayenne, Pimento, and Cap Il- 

 eum. The fir ft is properly called Cayenne from the 

 French fettlement of that name in Guiana ; but the name 

 cica or cbica is derived from its round fhape and fize, re- 

 fembling the infe6t called chiga or chigoe, already de- 

 fcribed ; the next refembles rats excrements, Sec. All the 

 above fpecies, befides fome others, grow on low green 

 Ihrubs, they all equally excoriate the mouth, have all the 

 fame fiery qualities, and when ripe are of a fcarlet or ra- 

 ther a blood colour. The Europeans feldom eat any 

 thing without it ; but the blacks, and efpecially the In- 

 dians, fwallow it I might fay by handfuls, not only as 

 a relifh, but as a remedy in almoft every difeafe. 



The limes grow on beautiful trees like lemons, but the 

 leaf and the fruit are much fmaller ; they are rather a 

 brighter yellow than the lemons, have a fine thin fhell, 



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