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used in medicine, and, in particular, has obtained notice 
for the cure of intermittent fevers or agues. It is fre- 
quently preserved in syrup, and also in sugar, under the 
name of preserved orange-peel, and orange-chips ; and 
is much esteemed in desserts. 
In cookery and by confectioners, oranges are used 
in numerous ways ; for marmalade, in biscuits, cheese- 
cakes, jelly, puddings, and tarts; and an agreeable 
wine is prepared from oranges, with water, sugar, and 
some other ingredients. 
Seville, or bitter oranges are a large, dark-coloured, 
and rough-skinned variety of the common species. 
These are much used in medicine and cookery. 
.Bergamot is a well-known perfume, obtained from 
the rind of a variety of orange much cultivated near 
the town of Bergamo in Italy, whence it has obtained 
its name. The rind is cut into small pieces, and the 
oil is pressed out into glass vessels. Sometimes a fra- 
grant water is distilled from the peel. 
209. The SHADDOCK (Citrus decumana) is a yellowish 
green fruit, of the orange kind, us large as the head of a child, with 
twelve or more cells, and contains a red or whitish pulp. It is very 
common in many parts both of the East and West Indies. 
In hot climates the shaddock is much esteemed on 
account of its agreeable flavour, which is a pleasant 
mixture of sweet and acid. It is safely eaten, even in 
considerable quantities, and is esteemed very salubri- 
ous. The rind is thick, and has a disagreeable bitterish 
taste. This fruit is indebted, for its name, to a Captain 
Shaddock, who is said to have first brought it from 
China, or, as some say, from Guinea, and transplanted 
it into one of the West Indian islands. 
210. CAJEPUT is a greenish coloured oil produced from the 
fruit of a tree (Melaleuca leucodenclron) which grows in the East 
Indies. 
This tree has a Io7ig flexible trunk ; with linear spear-shaped, 
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