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tnA running through the Lenth, where 
the two ends meet. 
This Palfage contains the only Hint 
that is to be met with in Authors, con- 
concerning the true ftrufture of the Cof- 
fee Kernel, and I hope that by the ac- 
count I have given of it in my Deferipti- 
on, it willftill be more eafily underftood. 
Dr. Robinjonlms obferved but little new 
upon this Head. Under the fecond Skin, 
lays he, lie generally two Kernels, fome- 
times one, round on one fide, and flat on 
the other. On the flat fide of the Kernel 
there is always a Slit or Mouth, fo that 
every Kernel does exaftly refemble a Con- 
cha Veneris, 
Lemery compares the two Kernels to- 
gether to a young Pea in bignefsj and 
tells us further, that they arc of an oval 
Figure, eafily parting into two Halves, 
of a yellowilh Colour with a call of 
White. 
Langius, That the Cortex being re- 
moved, the Kernel is of a mealy Tafle. 
Tournefort. That the Seeds are hard, 
of a whitifh afii Colour, convex on one 
fide, flat on the other, and furrowed •, of 
a mealy Tafle a^d without any fmell j 
five or fix Lines in lenth and three in 
thickneft. 
Chomel and jindry agree in every tiling 
with Tournefort^ only the laft adds, that 
thefe Seeds are very heavy in proportion 
to their Bulk. 
Monfieur De JuJfieu*s Obfervations a- 
bout the Kernels are thefe. In each of 
the inner Coats, fays he, is contain’d a 
callous, oval Seed, arched on the back 
fide and flat on the other ^ in the middle 
of which is a pretty deep Sulcus^ running 
through its whole Length. 
Sometimes one of thefe Seeds proves 
abortive, and then the other grows com- 
monly bigger than it would otherwife 
have been •, both fides of it become more 
convex, and it fills the whole cavity of 
the Fruit. 
Monfieur la Roque has added fbmenew 
Obfervations concerning the Kernels of 
the frefii Fruit, to thofe of Monfieur de 
Juffieu. Under the Pulp, fays he, lies the 
Bean or Grain which we call Coffee, and 
when the Fruit hath arrived at its full 
bignefs, the Bean is extremely tender, 
and of a difagreeable Tafte, but as the 
Fruit ripens, it acquires by degrees, a 
little more Solidity, and by the time that 
the Pulp is nearly dried up, the Bean is 
become pretty hard, and of a light green 
Colour, fwimming in a thick brown and 
bitter liquor. 
Valentlni takes notice that what is cal- 
led Coffee, is nothing but the Kernels of 
certain fmall Nuts, confiftingof two Parts 
like Beans, arched on the upper fide, flat 
and furrowed on the under, of a dark 
yellow Colour, mealy Tafte, and Smell 
like that of burnt Beans. He fhould have 
told us that it was the fmell of roafted 
Coffee he meant, and then the Compari- 
fon might pafs. 
Bradley tells us, that inftead of a fingle 
Stone, the Coffee Fruit has two Kernels, 
which fpHt in the Middle like the Bay 
Berries of the Shops. It is true, the Cof- 
fee Kernels do fplit in the Middle, and*fo 
do the Bay Berries of the Shops, but 
wherein the likenefs of their fplitting con- 
fifts, I fhould be glad to learn. 
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