P a r r II. Of Fruits. 
When frefh gather d, 'tis fill'd with a foft Pulp, and as it 
fhould feem,much more juycy,than in the Calibajh. With- 
in the Pulp is contained a great number of Seeds, or little 
Stones, of the bignefs, and with fomewhat of the fhapc, of 
Indian Wheat. Befler hath a good Figure hereof, repre- v 
fenting it cut open, to fhew the Seeds. 
The GREAT LONG BAOBAB. I meet With no Defec- 
tion anfwering to tlmSpecies'.Tis in length ten inches,a foot 
in compafs, being ratably much flenderer than the former, 
and almoft Cylindrical. The upper end , made a lit- 
tle flenderer 3 the top of all, flat, and an inch and * 
over. 
The GREAT BELLY'D-BAOBAB. Much bigger than 
the former, and no where defcrib'd, that I find. In length, 
an inch above a foot 5 and above a foot and ? in compafs. 
Towards the upper end, belly 7 d. But the end it felf pointed 
almoft like a Limon. 
The Baobab grows in the Ifland Zeilan, and in Mgypt. 
The Juyce hereof is of an acidulated Taft, very grateful : 
of which the /Egyptians make much ufe, efpecially when 
they travail, to quench their thirft. 
The MACOCQUER. A Virginian Fruit, defenbed 
by (a) Bauhinm. It feems to be of affinity with the Calibajh », to Tom. 1. 
or perhaps a fmall Species thereof. It is of an Orbicular- 254 ' 
Figure, and of the bignefs of a little Hand-Ball. Though 
Clujim afhrmeth (b) it to be fometimes four inches in Exot - 
Diametre. The {hell is thin and brittle. Originally fill'd •' 1 u c ' 1 u 
with a foft and juycy Pulp, in which a great many Seeds 
of the colour and bignefs of an Apple-Kernel. 
The Natives, having empty 'd the fhells of the Pulp and 
Seeds, and in the room hereof, put in fome little Stones, 
ufe them as Rattles, wherewith to rejoyce upon any fpecial 
Occafion. 
The GENIPAT, Junipap, or Junipappeeywa. A Brafi- 
tian Fruit fo called. Defcribed by Bauhinm. (c) And CO Tom. u 
probably by Pifo with the Name of Janipaba. This alfo 253 ' 
is a kind of little Calibajh. Of the bignefs of a WaUnut, 
and almoft Oval 5 containing a Pulp and Seeds much like 
thofe of the Macocquer. It grows upon a tall Tree. 
The Natives ufe this Fruit againft Diarrhoeas. As alfo 
to paint themfelves. They chew the Pulp , and then 
G c 2 fqueezing 
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