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the fruit ; of which there is no lefs than fix and thirty diffe- 
rent kinds, and I lhali give a very brief account of each. 
1. The pine apple; Bromelia Ananas, This fruit, vdiich 
is here called Nanas, grows very large, and in fuch plenty 
that they may fometimes be bought at the Aril hand for a far- 
thing a piece ; and at the common fruit (hops we got three of 
them for two pence half-penny. They are very juicy and 
well flavoured ; but we all agreed we had eaten as good 
from a hot-houfe in England : they are however fo luxuriant 
in their growth that moll of them have two or three crowns, 
and a great number of fuckers from the bottom of the fruit ; 
of thele Mr. Banks once counted nine, and they are fo for- 
ward that very often while they flill adhered to the parent 
plant they fhot out their fruit, which, by the time the large 
one became ripe, were of no inconflderable fize. We feve- 
ral times faw three upon one apple, and were told that a plant 
once produced a duller of nine, befldes the principal : this 
indeed was confldered as fo great a curioflty, that it was pre- 
ferved in fugar, and fent to the Prince of Orange. 
2. Sweet Oranges. Thefe are very good, but while we 
were "here fold for fix pence a piece. 
3. Pumplemoefes, which in the Weft Indies are called 
Shaddocks. Thefe were well flavoured, but not juicy! their 
want of juice however was an accidental effefl of the feafon. 
4. Lemons. Thefe were very fcarce ; but the want of 
them was amply compenfated by the plenty of limes. 
5. Limes. Thefe were excellent, and to be bought at about 
twelve pence a hundred. We faw only two or three Seville 
crangesj which were almoft ail rind ; and there are many forts 
both of oranges and lemons, which I fnall not particularly 
mention, because they are neither efteemed by Europeans, 
nor the natives themfelves. 
6. Mangos. This fruit during our flay was fo infefted with 
maggots, which bred in the infide of them, that fcarcely 
one in three was eatable ; and the beft of them were much in- 
ferior to thofe of Brazil ; they are generally compared by Eu- 
ropeans to a melting peach, which, indeed, they referable 
in foftnefs and fweetnefs, but certainly fall much fhort in 
flavour. The climate here, we were told, is too hot and damp 
for them ; but there are as many forts of them as there are of 
apples in England, and fome are much fuperior to ctuers. 
One fort which is called Mangha Covmni, has fo ftrong a fmell 
that a European can fcarcely bear one in the room ; thefe, ’ 
however, the natives are fond of. The three forts which are 
generally preferred, are the Mangha Doodool, the Mangha San- 
i;ck, and th c Mangha Gure. 
7. Bananes. Of thefe alfo there are innumerable forts, 
but three are only good ; thd Pijfang Has, the Piffdng Radja, 
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