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NATURAL HISTORY. 
it in the fand. There is, however, a natu- 
ral white pepper pofleffing all the qualities of 
the black. Three forts of black pepper are 
brought from the Eaft-Indies by the Englifli 
and Dutch, which only differ in the places 
from whence they are brought : the fined: 
comes from Malabar. The tree or bulh 
bearing the Jamaica pepper grows nearly 
like the Barberry, except not being fo high, 
and having no prickles. The berries relem- 
ble thofe of the juniper, poffefs an aromatic 
tade, which, partaking of thofe of all other 
fpices, has caufed it to be called all-fpice. 
This pepper grows plentifully in many of 
the plantations in Jamaica. 
GINGER PLANT. 
Ills plant is called the club-reed ; from 
the root of which is the ginger, which, at 
the end of every root, is in form like a foot. 
The leaves of the plant are long, large, and 
of a deep green : and the ^viro^e flower re- 
fembling a club, has caufed it to be called 
by fome the rJ.ub-reed, and by ethers ginger 
’With a club Jloiver. Ginger confids of one 
fort which is white and mealy, and another 
which is black and hard; the fird is the mod 
edeemed. Both the Ead and AVed Indies 
produce ginger : iri the Antilles it is greatly 
cultivated : but the greateft quantities are 
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