the South-Sea 173 



Taftc, with a Mixture of that of a Hazle-Nut, eaten with 

 Salt. 



The beft way of Eating it, is to pound it with Sugar 

 and the Juice .of a Lemon : That Fruit is very wholfome, 

 and good for die Stomach > they fay it is a Provocative to 

 Love. 



I faw a Tree eall'd Pacay^ whofe Leaves are like thofe f^XXlV, 

 of the Walnut-tree, but of feveral Sizes. They are difpofed pacay Tree, 

 by Pairs along the fame Side ; fo that they increafe as they 

 remove farther from the Stem. Its^Blolfoms are almoft the 

 fame as thofe of the Inga, mentioned by Pifon and Father 

 Plumier ; but the Fruit is different. The Cod, whofe Fi- 



fure that Father has given us, isO&ogon, and that of the 

 } acay has only four Faces- or Sides, of which the two 

 largeft are about t<5, or 18 Parts of an Inch broad, and the 

 fmall feven or eight : As for the Length, it is very uncer- 

 tain ; fome Cods are four Inches long, and others above 

 a Foot. They are divided within into feveral little Cells 5 

 each containing a Grain like a flat Bean, inclofed in a white 

 Subftance, all Filamens or Threads, which a Man would 

 take for Cotton; but, in Reality,, it is only a congeal'd 

 Gil, which is eaten to refre'fli the Body, and leaves in the 

 Mouth a little Tafte ©f Musk, very agreeable, which has 



fiven it the Name of Pois Sucrin, or Sugar-Pea, among the 

 'reneh. 



In the fame Vale, .there are alfo fome of thofe Trees that Caffia Fiftti- 

 bear the CaJJia, which the Spaniards call Cdnna Fiftola. That Iai 

 Fruit fo famous in Phyfick for a gentle Purge, is a round 

 Cod, 12 or 15 Inches long, growing on a great Tree % 

 the Leaf whereof is like that of the fine Laurel. It is full 

 of a yellowifli Subftance, which contains the Grains of the 

 Seed, which grows black, and becomes vifcous as it ripens. 



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TUu XXLV. Page 173. explain d in Englifh. 



Tfhe Pacay Plant, eall'd by European Botanifts Inga of PetH 9 bearing^ 



Square Cod. 

 Sngar-Peasoj Vein* 



