Part II. Of Nuts. 205 
This Fruit grows principally 111 New Spain , and the 
Province of GuatimaUa in Mexico. In which, and other 
places of the Weft- Indies, the Kernels are ufed, faith fof. 
Acofta, (a) inftead of Money 3 and commonly given to the 0)Hift. L 
Poor, as Alms, With Chacawlate, the Indians Treat Noble c " 22 ' 
Men, (b) as they pafs through their Country. (*) ibid. 
Thefe Kernels being well pounded, as Almonds, in a 
Mortar, and mixed with a certain proportion of Sugar 
and Spices (according as the Trader thinks or finds it beft 
for Sale ) are commonly made up in Cakes or Rowles 3 
which are brought over hither from Spain, and other parts. 
But thofe that would have a good quantity for their own 
private life, had much better procure the Nuts themfeives 
( as freih and new as may be ) and fo prepare and com- 
pound them to their own Conftitution and Taft. And for 
thofe that drink it , without any Medicinal refpeel, at 
Coffee- Houfes 3 there is no doubt but that of Almonds finely 
beaten, and mixed with a due proportion of Sugar and 
Spices, may be made as pleafant a dnnk,as the bell Chacaw- 
late. 
The BUTTER-NUT : a Fruit growing in New England, 
and there fo called, becaufe the Kernel yieldeth a great 
quantity of a fweet Oil. I meet with it no where. In 
length, two inches and ' 3 in the middle, near an inch and 
\ over 3 the two ends narrower, and* a very little promi- 
nent, {haped fomewhat like a (maU Cucumer. The Skin 
fmoothifh, and (now) brown. The fubftance within it, 
black : originally, a kind of Pulp or flefhy Rind about ? of 
an inch thick, anfwering to that of a Walnut. The Stone 
almoft Oval, and edged with fix or feven Angles by the 
length, the greateft, which are alfo oppolite, ending in a 
lharp point. The Spaces betwixt the Angles, very uneven 
with a great many ruged and thin plates and knobs. 
With a Decoction of the Barque of the Tree,the Englifh 
Planters dey their Lin fey Woolfey of a Cinamon colour, with- 
out Alum, or any thing elfe being added. 
The EDGED-WALNUT of New England. In colour, 
as the common kind. Near an inch long, as broad, and 
a little above ? an inch thick. The 'Safe* and efpecially 
the point, a little prominent. Figur'd with eight Angles 
or Edges,whereof one half fharper than the other. The Ker- 
nel fhaped, as in the common kind. A 
