I'AiiMS .\N1) PLANT.V riOXS. 



TIlis trvo mcasiiri'd forty f't'rt in rirciniiiVrciice, 

 and wjis alioiit sixty ivvt liia'li ; the hark was 

 smootli, and of a greyish colour ; tlm tenrii- 



from being a1kiip% fonifd^^ tod fiotn tbese 

 founded extremities the smaller brand jcs are 



(^ivon off, a? may bo seen in tlu^ ac'c<>in}.iany- 

 irig driAwing j this forms a very character- 

 fstie ^uf0 3^ ihe ti^ Tlue feitit, the 

 outer shell batt^ jjwA^f ^Isstiti^ fid* Ifte 

 yallw pu^ nw^ly mentioned, bnt a wlute 

 farinaceous substance enveloping tlie. dark brown 

 seeds, of an agreeable acidulated taste. This 

 may proceed from the fruit being old. The fruit 

 is of an forib) nin^Iy itslndhies inkngth, 

 tud three or"fonrin diameter ; rounh extt;rnally, 

 and, when mature, of a brownish ytilh^w colour ; 

 a dark red gum exuded from the outer part of 

 the fruit.* 



* The largest tree in the world is the Mam&ltdA -or 

 UseMb ue^ the trunk #)ttdi hU ifeitmd wl^i a 

 fBdttieter of thirty feet ; but its height is not in proportiiMa. 

 It IS emollient and mucilaginftu^ in ^ ii^ part&^ The i<!fLVi$$. 

 dried anil reduced to powdcf cMSMtttute ZalOt a favoutite 

 article witli t|i6 JblHcans, which they mix daily with their 

 food, for tlie purpose of diminishing the excessive perspira- 

 tion to which tliey are subject in those chmates ; and even 

 IBtm^c^s fintl it scrvioeable in cases of ^ftiiito^ Jhff&ei^ 

 and tithet maladies. The fmit is^ perha|)8, the mOKt usefut 



