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SugdT-«ane is by ihe natives called f^fm ^ tit-bo6), 

 of which there are varioun kinda : red, while, black, and 

 ^e«n, as welE bs eiriped, like the striped bamboo. li puts 

 forLh a flower, liise I be re^d ^ or rush : and Ute caiio-fields 

 preaeni m extensive prospect very pleasant to behold. 



J AMOU JEM>QO0) OR THB aOSE-APPLG (eUOEVIA), 



The tree which bears the j/im ft w refiemblca the raul berry, 

 tree, it yields fruit during ihe monlha of September and Octo- 

 ber ; the form of the fruit ia HSceabobhin, poinicd above 

 and rounded off below ; the bote at the end is angular ; »ome 

 sorts have seeds, and others none - Home are as jarge as the 

 peach, and others as email aa a bean ; some are of a deep red, 

 others of a light red, and oihers of a enowy white colour : the 

 taste 13 very pure and sweet, and it may be ranked among 

 the best fruits of foieign countries. There is also a Europe- 

 an apeeies, in shapD like an egg^ the taste of which is eour. 

 Altogether there are twenty or ihijty kin dp, which we are 

 not fuiJy acquainted with. 



This frititj the 7icpAe/tww, echimiwrij is as red ag a ^ 

 ^ freah Litchi J eoine bwweTet arc white and yellow^ but 

 ihe taste of every kiad is lilce that of the Litchi. Some are 

 called Achem (]^ ^ A-chey), which is the name of a coun- 

 Uy near Cluidah Kit-tak ), and they are thus na- 



medj because the aeed was originally brought from Acbfeen. 

 The pulp of thte species can be easily separated from the seed, 

 aud it !s much esteemed. 



NAM-NAM, (CYNOM^TRA C AULlFLOft A<) 



The 7mw/Jow, vulgarly called jntki-aiidjing (^1^3^ 

 p'hoo-ke-an-ch(jng), is produced on a large tree, and grows 

 cn the fltemj or ahout the roots, Jl l>cari some resemblance 

 io the [*tach iu siiape, bui not in tlavour ; it is variously 



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