^laflieè, and eve® plate arid chhia, in great abundance ;*
and tbè gentlemen ioaded me with: pfeleliiS bfeiCdadeira
i^irtè^öïteH cydufi tüiu akd befide^ liqUaiimy
-of the mofï' t^quifite fruits.- - Amóiigft’fthe latter Ï Was1
partic^arly te u c k i With the Éraddock and aWara ^ the
former ;b f t h ^ , ^ h ic h '‘is1'óf a Wêry hgrëfefole flavour,
between a fweet ahd a n ’add, is produced1 ftbnf a free1
f lip p e d ïo : t i e G m d l a **J
fey a Captain "Shadd’ddk, whbfê^ihfe ' It %iti detains
throughout tire Englifh Weft India i&and§£b'ut is called
pompeimoofe ih Sórii^hiv^ 'Fhis- ftoitt hppë^fS'iö he "hr
th e :i&hingè‘, fpièiés^h u f^ s US óf’a child,
of eight “of femfetrs old* th ë fk lü ^ ^^tetnely thTClr,-
o f a bitterifti tafte, and a pale yellow orreitron ccflbdfv
ifhere arè two fpecie^of th e Ihadtióck] óf which the pulp
of the one ïs^White,' infl? Other S^beShtifül
pale fed, which may be fafely haten in éoUÏiflerabie quantities
: indeed it ishfteémèd hyirhe natives’, Who are1 in
general remarkably fond of it,‘ak very falubrious.
The or avmra^ whfeÖ1^ “lersiifemafkablè fh t
the excellence of its flavour’ thanuts7 héautiful appearance,
grows Upon a Tpe’ttes -#f-palm-treey and iS Of an
oval jfofnv, about lhë: feze ÓfJ ah Órleah' ^ ih fb ,u'SSid: *öf a
rich deep orange colour, nearly appfosÉhfa^ tö féd» It
is much efteemed by the negroes, who éxerdfè their in-
* 1111 iviifatifr §£ , ■ I
1 jSweet acid oÉspdng of aft mj tir d iky;
O Shaddock ! dike tty country, -captiVe'-lèd, | ;
And doom’d to grace the board her children ipread. genuity
London.,Published. f} f^1m^an.}SiPcaJk ChurdvTard.