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QUALITY OF AHEKA NUT. 



ing upon the bottoms of their lioats. May, 

 June, and July, are the months for rollcetinjr 

 the uuts- They liad ioaded nine sliips this 

 Sd^^ftj hsk ki^^&w^j of «kU sizes, have be^ 



whence it is exported to China, Mudm, aud Other 

 parts of continental India. 



The nuts vary in size J their quality, liowever, 

 dtJiS^ Opt at aU. depend upou this property, but 

 upfm t]^r iatiiniitl app>eax»me c^fc, iiMr 

 SPtating the quantity of astinngent tMtS^^tm^ 

 tallied in tlieni. If the white, or niedullary 

 portion, which intersects the red or astringent 

 fm im mswmi a bluish tiuge, 



considered of ^ati^-^ but when the me- 

 dullary j)ortion is in hTro-e r|uantity, tlir nut is 

 considered more mature, and not possessing so 

 much astringency, ia not esteemed so valuable. 



Tk^ ^ttatt^tjof ii:at |»rodtieed m thh mast is 

 slated to be eighty thousand jieculs. When 

 there is no iunuediate demand for tliis artiele, it 

 is not shelled, but preserved in the Iiusk, as it is 

 considered not to be so liable to be destroyed by 

 the worn iit that stsktft ; hut tH^ii^Yi this is the 



epittlGR of Ih^ Uiatives on the coast, yi>t I have 

 seen nuts destroyed totally liy tlie worui while 

 in the husk, in the space of two months. The 



