j)//fas Kaki!*) or ChiiiCiic date pluin. One of 



HBxt^ Ngttcw, sum, ts!^» or BiillV 



Diospyrus — (Nguow signifying Itiill ; sum, lioart; 

 tzei', this jmrticiiliiT tVuif. llu' Diospyrus) — ro- 

 suniblus, in external appearance, a Toniata, 

 except iti being of a larger size, and of a briglit 

 Tied fiolw : ^hsA tJwided, it is hmd to contain 

 a yellowish semi-transpfi^r^ni ptijp, not wlikie 

 a ]>lnni I'itlier in flavour or appearance, and 

 contains several oblong brownish seeds. The 

 outer skin has an asti'iugeut propeaty, whicli dis- 

 cdmjpjs flie steel of a kmh urim. ^uployed to 



divider tfie- fnut, wJlich is not at all requisite for 

 the ]>urpose. Tlic other kind is ninch smaller, 

 oval, al)nut tbe size uf a date ; being siiuiUir to 

 the tbrnier in eolour ; it is called by tbe Cluuese 

 Kai» mth^ iam^ Of f0rVk hmt '^}m0t^ t M 

 taste it closely memMc^ the ma^k&li sweetnals 

 of a ripe date. I had only an oppnrtnnity of see- 

 lUg twf) of tlu' vnrieties of this fruit, but tliere are 

 several otber kinds. f The flat peach, or ''Pecn 



* The name KaM \$ sM hheJt^eS!titH9Mi la mt 

 m named by tlie C hinese. 



+ I had mudds of the two kinds just mentioned, executed 

 wttti great accuracy tjy a Chi&ele^ Th^ ititfEatioh& tbe 



fruit were modelled from clay, Itnd {UJCU^tel^^ C4)l0ttri^ Itf^' 

 wards according to nature. 



