port sucli a cliistcr ; from t\vi4vo to twenty largo 

 nuts, besides several small, improduetive nuts, 

 may m msk huatdh, mA g^od sittia^ 



tions the trea will :^diiiit of tlic frnJi being ^^n- 

 thered four or five tinus in the course of tlie 

 year. The state in \vliicli tlie fruit is most used 

 as an artichi of food, both meat and drink; is 

 tlie green ui ynuug cocoa-nut, (Oimofiiii^TaEi' 

 tansj K<mm}^ •of l^e Sintgalese^) wbl^ 

 time it yields an nlnindance of a delicioua, cool- 

 ing beverage, to wliich, sometimes, Madeira 

 wine, brandy, ike. is added. The water, beau- 

 tifully clear, hm a i^iPeiaitosS) "wi^ a slight de- 

 g£m ^ asi]?iageiicy ijribMit miim & ag^^ 

 aide ; tliis liquid has been erroneously consi^ 

 dercd bv most jjersons as injurious, prothicing a 

 predisposition to dropsical complaints, and has 

 bcren e<^iimdiev i^sxm^ld^ Taliitans one of the 

 excitiDf msBm ^ lhat ^rcval^i disease Sin^mg^t 



tliem termed f/fc or elephantiasis ; but I ba??© 

 reeoniniended and adopted tliis cooling beverage 

 duriug my frequent and long visits to intertro- 

 pical countries, and have always found it the 

 most cooling andt X^^Msag be^rage during 

 my bot^aal ani exeumdm ktt 

 an iiumoderafe quantity is drunk, I have known, 

 a slight degree of strangury ])ro(biced by it. 

 The ladies, iiowever, who may fear taking it 



