( 2 4 ° ) . 
knew nothing of itbefides the Name, and confound- 
ed it with others which are little efteemed. 
There are few Grains to be met with in this Fruit 
that are good for planting, for moft of them are but 
abortive. 
Sometimes this Fruit is found fpoiled within, which 
may be known by yellow Spots appearing on fome 
of the Segments. Some People fcruple then to eat 
them, but others make no Difficulty about it. It is 
certain however, that they are not fo good, efpeci* 
ally if the Spots are conliderable. I obferved that 
this Corruption proceeded from the Juice in the Cap - 
fula, which being fpoiled by the Sting of fome In- 
feft, and thereby becoming yellow, and fpreading 
over the Segments of the Fruit, infeQed them with 
that Colour, and thereby changed them. This Wound 
is fo fmall, and fo hard to be difcovered, that one 
often is left in a Doubt whether there be any at 
all. 
One may eat a great deal of this Fruit without 
any Inconvenience, and it is the only one which 
fick People may be allowed to eat without any Scru- 
ple. It is very wholfome, refrelhing, and more cor- 
dial than the Strawberry. 
Its Shell has the fame Virtue as that of the Pome- 
granate } at Batavia they make an Infulion and a 
Tinfture of it againft: Loofenefles, and chiefly 
again!! Dyfenteries. The Wood is good for nothing 
but firing. 
In the Memoires de Mathematique & de Phyji - 
que de V Ac ademie Roy ale des Science s de Paris, 
of the Year 1691., Page 43 j of the Amfierdarm Edi- 
tion, there is a Ihort Defcriptioa of the Mangojlans 
by 
