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‘ grees grows to the Size of a large Cher- 
« ry, in which State it is very good to 
‘ eat. It adheres to the Tree by a fmall 
* Ihort Foot-Stalk, and when perfectly 
* ripe is not much bigger than a Laurel Ber- 
‘ ry. It comes out between the Leaves 
< and Branches. Ac firft it is green, but 
* grows red as it ripens; and the Sun hav- 
‘ ing, dry’d this red Pulp* it becomes a 
' Husk of a dark brown Colour, wliich 
‘ makes the firft or outer Cortex of the 
* Coffee Bean, and within it lies another 
' thin Membrane, which makes tlie fecond 
‘ or inner Cortex. 
M. Millerh^s only told us, ‘ that in the 
* Coffee Plant the Flowers are fucceedcd by 
‘ Berries, and that each Berry includes two 
‘ Seeds in an inner thin Skin. 
ART. II. 
The Kernels of the Coffee Fruit. 
A ll the Coverings defcrib’d in the Lift Article being remov’d, 
the Kernel it felf comes next to be examin’d j the Colour of 
whichj to begin by that, varies according to the Freftinefs, Good- 
nefs, and Place of Growth of the Berry 3 fome of them have a 
Caft of green, fome are whitifti, fome dark or brown, and if 
damaged by fait Water, they are perfectly black. 
The Figure of the Kernels varies likewifej but that is princi- 
pally determin’d by the Number of them in the fame Berry. 
The fingle ones, filling up the whole Cavity, have Liberty to ex- 
tend themfelves on all Sides, and confequently the Figure of them 
is tliat of a longifli Oval, with a Cleft on one Side, upon which 
lies the abortive Kernel, as has been already laid, in Form of a 
Cly^eus or Target, very thin, and of a circular Figure, a little 
deprefs’d on one Side, to accommodate it felf to the other. The 
double Kernels, for the fame Reafon, are nearly oblong Hcmif- 
pheroids, being convex on the back Side, and flat on that by 
which they join one another 3 and in moft of them it may be 
remark’d that they are a fiiiall matter bigger at one End than at 
die other. Thro’ the Middle of the flat Side of each, runs a 
Sulcus or Rima lengthwife, generally narrower than that of the 
fingle Bernes. The Figure of the triple Kernels is likewife to be 
determin’d by their Situation in the Seed Veffel; but of fuch I 
believe very few are to be found. 
The far greateft Part of the Coffee that is imported into Eu- 
ropey confifts of fuch Kernels as have been double in the fame 
Fruit, and the Dimenfions and Weight of all the Kinds thereof 
may be guefs’d at by thofe taken at a Medium from the Kernels 
that arc brought us by the Way of Turkey, and thofe that come 
from fa^a in the Eajl Indies. The greateft Length of the firft 
Sort is three eighth Parts of an Inch, Breadth one eighth Part, 
and Weight three Grains. Of the Ja^ja Coffee I found the 
N Length 
