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TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA. 
CHAI'. VII. 
The seeds of sun-flowers are also eaten, as well as those of the 
colocynth apple» 
Fruits, Sfc. 
Grapes. Grow near the wells : almost every garden has a vine. 
Po7negranate. Very fine ; not plentiful. 
Apricot. Scarce, and bad. 
Peach. Never comes to maturity. 
Apple. Woolly, tasteless, and scarce. 
Melons. Water melons ; good, but scarce. The musk melons 
are only over-ripe cucumbers. 
Figs. Small, but good. 
Corna. A small round fruit, resembling an apple in form and 
smell, though not larger than a nut. It has three stones, is very 
sweet, and eats well when fresh. It grows on a tree sometimes 
thirty feet in height. Mr. Ritchie conceived this to be the Rhamnus 
or Lotus. 
Esculents. 
Po7npio7i. Large, yellow, and good. 
Kalabash. Ygyj good, and plentiful. 
Geroo. A fruit much resembhng a cucumber in smell, taste, 
and appearance, when young ; but when ripe, it smells hke a melon, 
and is eaten as such. 
Turnip. Tap-rooted, and small ; scarce. 
Carrot. Small, no flavour, and scarce. 
Radish. Good, and pungent. 
Melochia. A kind of salading. 
Bdmia. A small pod, used in soup. 
Birtigallis. A juicy leaved salad. 
3Iustard and cress. Good, but scarce. 
