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furprize, I found two fpecies of fifli, which I have never 

 mentioned; the one is called the haddock^ being much 

 like ours, but rather larger and whiter coloured : the other 

 the feparee, which a little refembles the fl^ait. At the 

 deflert was a fruit called in Surinam zurzacka, which I 

 believe by the Englifli is called the fmr-Jap, It grows 

 upon a tree of a moderate lize, with a grey bark, and 

 leaves like thofe of the orange-tree, but fet in pairs ; the 

 fruit is of a pyramidical form, heavier than the largeft 

 pear, and all covered over with inofFenfive prickles : the 

 jkin is very thin, the pulp a foft pithy fubftance as white 

 as milk, and of a fweet tafte, mixed with a moft agreea- 

 ble acid, in which are feeds like the large kernels of an 

 apple. Another fpecies of J77mll zurzacka grows in this 

 country, fomething refembling hops, but is of no ufe 

 whatever. We had alfo the fruit called fabatiile, which 

 grows on a large tree, the leaves like thofe of the laurel. 

 This fruit is the iize of a peach, very round, and of a 

 brown colour, covered over with a foft down : when cut 

 in two, the pulp is not unlike marmalade, in which are 

 found the feeds ; it is fuch a lufcious fweet, that to many 

 palates it is even difagreeable. 



On the 2ift we once more received our clearance, but 

 in card money, by which we all loft very confiderably ; 

 however, I inftantly went to Mrs. Godefroy, and again 

 gave her all the money that was in my pocket, being no 

 more than 40. This excellent woman now renewed 

 her entreaties that I Ihould carry my boy and his mother 



with 



