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‘ otherwife, the whole Bale will Toon fpoil, if it is not al* 
‘ ready.’ 
Both Lemerys agree with Pomet. ‘ You are to chule that Cof- 
^ fee, fay they, which is new, well cleared of the Husk, clean, 
‘ of a middling bignefs, plump, of a dark grey, that is not 
^ mouldy, that hath not been wet with Sea-Water, and hath a 
^ pleafant Smell when it hath been dried.’ 
Pe JujJieu prefers the fmall greenifh Berries that come diredly 
from Grand Cairo by the Mediterranean^ to the large white Berries 
that come from Moka, round the Cape 5 the firfl: being riper, of 
a more agreeable Talfe, and lefs fubjed: tofpoil. 
Valentini has done no more than tranflate Pomet word for 
word 5 and I find nothing further upon this Subject, neither in 
la Roque y Bradley , nor any other Author j for what they have 
faid concerning the Difference of the Turkijh and India Coffee, the 
particular Places in Arabia where the mofl efleem’d Coffee grows, 
and other fuch Obfervations from which any Judgment may be 
made of its Goodnefs, have come in more naturally under other 
Heads. 
Culture of the Coffee-Tree in Arabia Felix. 
T H E Coffee- Shrubs, Sir Hans Shane ^ now Prefident 
of the College of Phyficians, and of the Royal Society, 
obferves, are planted in Arabia Felix every where, in a rich 
Ground or Mold in great Plenty j and they are watered in Times 
of Drought, as other cultivated Vegetables there are, by artificial 
channels from Rivers, cut on purpofe to nourilh them. After 
three or four Years bearing, the Inhabitants are forced to plant 
new Shrubs, becaufe the old ones become not fb fruitful after 
that Time. 
It is likewife worth taking notice, that in thofe Parts they dry 
the Fruit in the Sun, and afterwards take off the Husks, by means 
of Hand-mills, as they do here Husks of feveral Sorts of Grain, 
to fit them for Ufe. 
The greateft Part of thefe Obfervations are agreeable to what 
we are told by Monfieur la Roque. Our Travellers, fays that 
Author, are very pofitive, that the Coftee-Tree is railed no other 
Way but by the Seed, the intire Fruit, with all the Coverings 
upon it, being let in the Ground. From thefe, Nurferies of 
young Plants are raifed, which they afterwards tranfplant as there 
is occafion. 
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