SREAD-FHUIT. 
deeply sinuated like those of the Fig Tree ; 
which they resemble in consistence and colour, 
and in the exuding of a white milky juice on 
teing broken. 7 he fruit is about the size and 
shape of a child's head ; and the surface is re- 
ticulated, not much unlike that of a Trunle, 
It is covered with a thin skin, and has a core 
about as big as the handle of a small knife : 
the eatable part lies between the skin and the 
core ; it is as while as snow, and somewhat of 
the consistence of new bread. It must be 
roasted before it is eaten, being first divided 
into three or four parts. It's taste is insipid, 
with a slight sweetness somewhat resembling 
that of the crumb of wheaten bread mixed 
with a Jerusalem Artichoke. This fruit r. 
being in season at all times of the year, there 
is a method of supplying that defect, bv re- 
ducing it to a sour paste called Mahic. 
Tiiis tree supplies cloathing, as well as 
food ; the bark being formed into a kind of 
cloth. 
To procure the fruit for food» costs the inliabi- 
t.mrsno other trouble, or labour, than climbing 
a tree. 
