r* II ; 
the Fruit upon the Trees, and that is all ( Mr. Miller informs us, that each Berry 
he has thought fit to tell Us that belongs inclofes two Seeds in an inner thin Skin. 
The Berry therefore, according to this 
Author, is the outer Coat of the Fruit. 
to this Head. 
The Kernels 
Fruit: 
LL thefe Coverings being removed, the Kernel its felf comes 
next to be examined j the Colour of which, to begin by that. 
varies according to the goodnefs and place of growth of the 
Berry : '1 hus, fome of them have a caft of Green, fome are whitilh, 
fomc dark or brown, and if they arc damag’d by fait Water, they 
arc perfcdly black 5 but of this more at length, when I come to en- 
quire into the difference and choice of Coffee, or how to diftinguifh 
the Good from the Bad. 
As for the figure of the Kernels, that varies likewife ; but it Is 
principally determined by the number of them in the fame Fruit. 
The iinglc ones filling the whole Cavity, have liberty to extend 
thcmfelves equally on all Sides, and confequently the Figure of 
them is that of a longifh Oval, with a Cleft on one Side, upon 
which lies the abortive Kernel, in form of a Clypeus or Target, as 
has been already faid, very thin, and of a circular Figure, a little de- 
preffed on one fide to accommodate its felf to the other. 
The double Kernels, for the fame rcafon, arc nearly oblong Hc- 
mifphcroids, being convex on the Back-fide, and flat on that by 
which they joyn one another, and in moft of them it may be re- 
marked, that they are a fmall matter bigger at one end than the 
other. 
Through the middle of the flat Side of each of them, runs a Sul* 
cus or Rima lengthwife, but generally narrower than that of the 
Angle Berriesi 
The Figure of the triple Kernels is likewife to be determined by 
their fituation in the Seed Vcffcl, but of thefe, I believe, there arc 
very few to be found. The far greateft part of the Coffee that is 
imported into Europe, confifts of fuch Kernels as have been double 
in the fame Fruit j and the Size and Weight of thofe that arc 
brought from Java in the Eaji Indies^ and fVom Arabia Felix by 
the way of Turkey, will be fufiicient to determine thofe of all the 
other Sorts. 
