320 Veget-ahles of Ceylon, 
it is reckoned one of the most delicious fruits in India. One 
remarkable circumstance is, that no one mango resembles an- 
other plucked from the same tree in taste or flavour. The 
pulp, which is extremely juicy and of a stringy texture, is co- 
vered with a coat like a peach, but larger and thicker, and 
easily peeled off. The kernel is very large, and of the 
same shape as the fruit. In smell the mango resembles the 
melon, although at times it smells not unlike turpentine. The 
fruit when ripe is extremely wholesome to eat ; and when 
plucked, before arriving at maturity, it makes the best pickles 
and preserves known in that quarter of the world. The man- 
go-tree grows to a vast size; and extends its large and beautiful 
branches like our oak ; but the timber is not applied to any 
useful purpose. 
The mangusteen is a fruit very highly esteemed, but one of 
the rarest in Ceylon, being only found in one or two gardens 
belonging to Dutch gentlemen. In appearance this fruit resem- 
bles the pomegranate, but the pulp is more like that of the 
mango, and consists of fibres full of juice. It is esteemed an 
excellent remedy in fluxes. 
The shaddock or pumpelmose often grows to the size of a 
man’s head. In shape it resembles the orange, and is covered 
with a coat of the same texture, although much softer and 
thicker. The pulp also resembles that of the orange, only the 
juicy fibres are proportionably larger. There are two species 
of shaddock ; the one is of a white, and the other of a yellow 
colour ; and they also differ in flavour. 
The Jamboe Malacca rose apple or Malacca apple, is about 
the size of one of our ordinary apples, and of nearly the same 
shape, only more oval. It is of a beautiful red and white co- 
