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pointed me, from liavhlg hoard and rend <i) 

 imirli of the di'licioup fniits of Batovia, botli for 

 Havoiir and variety ; the dessert was miserable ; 



die Embutan (fi'^iof the iV^iMstm $ 



some Mangoostecns,* were good ; the ar&ages 

 were insipid ; and the Snnr-sop'' (introduced 

 from the West Indies) was tlie best fruit upon the 

 tables Sated, 1 may observe mth tmlfa| that I 

 hardly tm&i a :g«9od dniiciaf tft; stay at 

 Batavia, except the Pine-apple and Mangoosteen ; 

 !>ut it seems that fruits arrive at perfection in 

 particular districts of the Island of Java ; there 

 Uemg icm0 in wMdt iiSm^^^s^emiB abound f ^ 



pears, a]iples, and strawberries arc produced : 

 evf^ kind is cultivated about Batavia, but 



fruit, but still I cannot join the various writers wlio have 

 lavished such praises upon it — it may be want ol* laste in rac ; 

 ana pitSbMy ^ li^ftt siiil main *^ 1visdib«t» quiilt^e% 



surpa^isinjT all (Jiher fruils in the world, combining the cxoel- 

 ience of the whole but 1 must candidly confess that I am 



though I at the same time allow many to have excellent 

 ^VQurj yet none can bear comparison with tlic delightful 



in my o])inion, beneath the orange or pme^ftppl^ although 

 stiU $i very agreeable fruit, 



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