tSftTKed and indeiiietlj has a yeWaw o&Totjf, ^aiid i "ioiirish 

 tasic, very set viewable in cofr&ciiiig the elTccti of wine. Wo- 

 men are fond of it, 



MANGOSTIN BASC-GIT), OARClNli MA,NG03TANA. 



P The tree produoing i\ik fruit m utnhr&g«oua, and titt forai 

 of ihe fruit resemhleg the -jfi ^ pomegranate ; the rind h 

 blackj and the pulp white, the taetc is very iweet and juicy, 

 good for quencliinfr the ihirt^t, whila the rind can be used 

 ia dyeing cloth. 



The c(ia lard -apple tre* ia like the ^ ^ guavaj and 

 the form of its fruit fefieinbles the |5i 1^ cone of the fir-tree. 

 The pulp is white and juicy^ the ^aed^ are like black beans, 

 and the aweetnesa of lite fruit durpassea the preparations of 

 die coiifecttQiier, Amongst foreign fruits it h reckoned in- 

 sipid, but I no sooner tasted it than I admired ii. 



SALAK j'j aA-LAS), CALAMUS MALACCA, 



Th« mlak tree reaetnbtei the |^ cdihle fern, but ia of o 

 larger iize ; the stem m very thorny, and the fruit, which la 

 cone-3haj*ed, ia produced near the roots of the tree, in bunches 

 of dozens togetiier. In shape it resembbiS a peach, but the 

 rind ia of a d:»rkidli fed, and scaly Uke the skin of a snake. 

 The pulp ia yclluw, and eurrounds several ^ecdi \ the taste 

 is rough uud unpleaiant ; but the Dutch are very fund of it, 



Theahape of the ditrian id ovale, about the aize of the 

 pumelo ; on dividing it, the pulpy kernels are found tlispoaed 

 in regular ordcTj tbaped like egga, of a whitiah colour, and 

 each inclosing a eeed ; the smelt is very strong, and to a 

 Htranger intolerable, but ihe naiive women are excessively 

 fond of rt. It is reported to be very auengthemn],' : many of 

 OUT Gounirymen cannot touch it, but at the very sight of it, 

 stop thdr noses and try to ef cape. 



