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WESTERN AFBICA. 
potato, sweet potato, yams and cassada ; 
the latter two grow In great abundance and 
require very little attention. 
Their fruits are, oranges, bananas, limes, 
plantains 5 pine-apples, guavas, paw-paws, 
mangoes, African cherries, grapes, pears, 
sour sop, sweet sop, tamarinds, cocoa nuts, 
and plums of various kinds. Many of these 
grow spontaneously, and all, as also the 
vegetables, are as delicious and nutritious 
as the fruits and vegetables of this country. 
Some of the oils, especially the palm-oil, 
are freely used in the preparation of food, 
or mixed with food after cooking. In the 
rainy season they put a high estimate upon 
oil; for, as they say, the a rice stay longer and 
keep cold from catch them,"- — meaning, that 
they do not become hungry so soon after 
eating with oil as without it, and that they 
do not suffer so much from cold. 
