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When frefh gather d, ’tis fill’d with a foft Pulp, and as it 
fhould feem,much more juycy,than in the Calibafh. With¬ 
in the Pulp is contained a great number of Seeds, or little 
Stones, of the bignefs, and with fomewhat of the lhape, of 
Indian Wheat. Befler hath a good figure hereof, repre- 
fenting it cut open, to Ihew the Seeds. 
The GREAT LONG BAOBAB. I meet with no Defec¬ 
tion anfwering to this 5 p<?c/WTis in length ten inches,a foot 
in compafs, being ratably much flenderer than the former, 
and almoft Cylindrical. The upper end , made a lit¬ 
tle flenderer5 the top of all, flat, and an inch and J 
over. 
The GREAT BELLY’D-BAOBAB. Much bigger than 
the former, and no where defcrib’d, that I And. In length, 
an inch above a foot 3 and above a foot and I in compafs. 
Towards the upper end, belly’d. But the end it ielf pointed 
almoft like a Limon. 
The Baobab grows in the Ifland Zeilan , and in /Egypt. 
Thejuyce hereof is of an acidulated Taft, very grateful: 
of which the /Egyptians make much ufe, efpecially when 
they travail, to quench their thirft. 
The MACOCQUER. A Virginian Fruit, deferibed 
by (a) Bauhinus. It feems to be of affinity with die Calibafh , 00 Tom. 1. 
or perhaps a fmall Species thereof. It is of an Orbicular- 254 ‘ 
Figure, and of the bignefs of a little Hand-Ball. Though 
Clufius affirmeth ( b ) it to be fometimes four inches in (h) Exot - 
Diametre. The fhcll is thin and brittle. Originally fill’d '' n ‘ c ‘ 1 u 
with a foft and juvey Pulp, in which a great many Seeds 
ot the colour and bignefs of an Apple-Kernel. 
The Natives, having empty’d the fhells of the Pulp and 
Seeds, and in the room hereof, put in fome little Stones, 
ufe them as Rattles , wherewith to rejoyce upon any fpccial 
Occafion. 
The GENIPAT, Junipap , or Junipappeeyn'a. A Brafi- 
lian Fruit fo called. Deferibed by Bauhinus. (c) And CO Tom. u 
probably by Pifo with the Name of fanipaba. This alfo 253 ' 
is a kind of little Calibajh. Of the bignefs of a Wallnut > 
and almoft Oval 5 containing a Pulp and Seeds much like 
thofe of the Macocquer. It grows upon a tall Tree. 
The Natives ufe this Fruit againit Diarrheas. As alfo 
to paint themfelves. They chew the Pulp, and then 
C c 2 fqueezing 
