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the Weft India iflands prornife at length to be 
fuccefsful. There are now plantations of it in 
Jamaica, from which fruit has been gathered* 
Nearly twenty years ago Dr.Thunberg exerted 
his be ft endeavours to bring it into Europe ; 
but at the time, when he flattered himfelf that 
he was on the eve of depofiting his treafure 
with fafety, all his hopes were fruftrated by a 
violent ftorm, which endangered the lofs of 
the vefTel on board which he was conveying 
his valuable cargo of more than a hundred 
bread-fruit trees, and other rare plants, all of 
which were deftroyed. Thefe trees he had 
brought from the ifland of Ceylon, the inha- 
bitants of which make ufe of the fruit in a 
variety of luxurious dimes. Dr.Thunberg enu- 
merates fifteen different ways in which they 
have it prepared ; but that which gives this ce- 
lebrated tree it's real importance is the extenfive 
benefit which is derived from it to the poorer 
clafTes of the people, who make ufe of it's 
fruit to fupply the place of bread or rice, or 
as our poor do of potatoes, whence it's name 
of bread-fruit. The natives of Otaheite, of 
all degrees, make ufe of it alfo in the moft 
fimple manner; they bake it amongft hot 
Hones for food,, and mix it with water for 
I their 
