BREAD-FRUIT. 
first introduced by Capt. Bligh, in 1793 ; 
v/hose cruel sufrerings, in his former vovage 
for the same purpose, are universally known. 
The Bread Fruit is called, in the Malay 
language. Sour, or Sime, in Makassar, Ba- 
kar ; in Ternate, Gomo ; in Tinian, Rima. 
The Dutch call it, Sockv^boom; the Ger- 
mans, Brodbaum ; tlic French, Rima, or Fruit 
a Pain. 
The Brosimum Alicastrum, called the 
Bread Nut Tree, in Jamaica, where it greatly 
abounds, seems of near affinity to the Bread- 
Fruit. The general resemblance is verv con- 
siderable ; and the fruit, which tsstes much 
like the Chccnut, is said to have frequently 
preserved the Negroes from famme. 
The variations perceivable in the several ac- 
counts of dilFerent navigators, must be referred 
to tiieir having seen ditFerent species or va- 
rieties ; the want of which consideration, in 
subjedls of natural history, ofien proves a 
source of error, of confusion, and of injustice.- 
