i86 THE ISLAND OF JAVA. 
idea of the leaves, flower, and fruit of the mangoostan. The 
mango is another fruit of exquisite flavour, when of a good 
sort, but of that pecuhar taste Avhich is not rehshed by every 
palate. It grows on a large spreading tree, not unhke the 
walnut. The Rambootan or hairy fruit (the Nephelhm Echi- 
7iatum) and the Poolasnng (a larger species of the same genus) 
are cool and agreeable fruits, of a delicate subacid flavour, 
highly refreshing in a warm climate. The trees on which 
they grow are shewy, free, and elegant. The annexed is a 
branch of the rambootan : the leaves of the poolosang are 
much narrower ; the fruit is larger and wants those hairy 
spines which cover the former. Oranges, lemons, citrons, and 
shaddocks, are plentiful in the gardens about Batavia ; so 
also is the Eugenia or rose apple, of which thei'e are two 
species ; the AverJioa, consisting likewise of two species (the 
Caramhola which is used for tarts, and the Belimbhig as a 
pickle), guavas, annonas, dates, and bananas. The Ati^o- 
carpus or Jack fruit grows wild in great plenty, as does also 
a large fruit called the Doorian, whose smell is extremely 
disgusting, and flavour somewhat like Avhat one might sup- 
pose the taste to be of a custard seasoned with garlic ; but 
both the taste and the smell are said not only to lose their offen- 
sive qualities by frequent use, but to become extremely fascinat- 
ing. The fragments, however, of this fruit are strictly prohibited 
from being thrown into the streets ; nor are they suflfered to 
remain about the stalls in the market, on account of the fetid 
smell, which, when in a state of putrefaction, is supposed to 
taint the air and render it highly injurious to health. A fruit 
called the Boa Lansa is in great estimation among the several 
classes of inhabitants. It grows in clusters like grapes, upon 
