THE MAN GO STEEN. 
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earth, there would be need for neither churches 
nor jails, for there would be no sin.” Now this 
is scarcely fair to stay-at-home people. You 
have really its equivalent in a luscious peach, 
in a fine ripe jargonelle pear, or in a strawberry 
at its best ; and if you can imagine a combina- 
tion of these three, you have an idea of how the 
mangosteen itself tastes. It is considered to be 
the most delicious of tropical fruits, and simply 
as a product of nature it is very beautiful to 
look upon. It is as large as a medium-sized or 
rather small apple, of the same shape, and of 
a dusky plum colour. The rind is nearly half 
an inch in thickness ; gently press it and it 
opens, disclosing the pure white fruit lying in a 
fleshy fibrous- streaked bed of rose -pink. The 
pulp, a juicy mouthful, is sweet, and melts 
away in the mouth, leaving a single stone. 
We have also just now the durian, of which 
Mr Wallace says that it is worth a voyage to the 
East to taste it, giving it the place of honour as 
the king of fruits, with the orange for queen. 
Although I have an unmixed respect for all this 
traveller says — he portrays with such absolute 
fidelity— I cannot indorse this statement. But 
we are not in a position to judge from his 
standpoint : we did not meet with it fresh 
