C H A R.
XIX.
froy,' Mr. d£ Graav not-beingM t»wb. j
relative to the emancipation of Joanna, who, had now;
once more.literally Ta<vedmy life .. At this table there was
never wanting all the wholefome and refrefhipg pourilh- •
ment. that I Rood inTneed of, with the heft o f fruits' .and.
wines. Among the articlesconducive to the. reftoration
o f health, are reckoned in. this country all, the; different
kinds of pepper which it affords, and the no lefs effica-.
ciops acid, o f lim,es; Among thefirft are the cica pepper,
the lattacacci) and the dago-peepee, as they are. galled in ,
Surinam ; for the negroes, name each thing from the re- j
femblancp it; bears to, another: but the^; are, kpdwn |h 3
Europe b y the namesjof7Gayenne, Pimento, and.Capfi-3
cum. The firft is properly called, C ayennefrom the
French fettlement of that name in Guiana; but the name. ,
cica or cbicais derived from its roundj[^ai^.andrfize,, r§r
fembling the infedt called chiga or cpig&e^[already det
fcribed; the next refembles rats excrements,.&c. All the.
above fpecies, befides fome others,; growr on low gfeeOj
fhrubs, they all equally excoriate the mouth, have all the.
fame fiery qualities, and when ripe are o f a fcarlet or ra-
ther a blood colour. The Europeans feldom eat any
thing;without it; but the blacks, and efpecially the Indians,
fwallow it I .might fay by handfuls, not only .as
a relifh, but as a remedy in almoft every difeafe.
The limes grow on beautiful trees like-lemons, but the .
leaf and the fruit are much, fmaller; they. are rather a
brighter yellow than the lemons, have a fine thin fhell,.,
a - and
and are. extremely full of the richeft acid that I know, cha p ,
which has“ a particularly fine flavour, and is a great hlef- . XIXm t ,
fingvj to th^j fickaTOldi^rs and failors in this'"Colony, who
hav-e thqm for-thevtrouble of gathering'; fo that it is not
uncommon toTe&thq'tars; employing, their leisure time in
picking and carding large, h.afnpcijs^full to their veffels.'
I^^urma1??; th^e;ape whq^^edgqs o f lime-trees', and all
ro^und-Param^ribo; they grqw, wild, It,>9* pfuch to be.la-"
mented that,^^mpqg,other, articles-'of-rl-uxury, this fruit
Cannot be trapfpor tf djt o Europe ; but whole .cafk;s o f this
juice are frequently fent oyer, and they are alfo pickleRand
prefqr^edjin largq-j^r&jky >the inhabitants;
i A t the defl^rt;j amqng many pother* excqllei\t, fruits, I
obferveidone which isj hergifiafted th e ipzamifiee apple: it
gypwshaa tr^qabqutit^|fw4»s^ffatf orange-tree, with; a
weyjrcp^ryedfpafki^thCiWfibdjl&'Whitiflij „add Coarfe;v the
leaf very thick, .polilhedj-and o f a.tri an^fpla-r form,.without
fibres. This Muit isiiearlyjroitnd, janjd, is! about! fiycjon fix
inches in diameter, cpyemd'with arSmftly ooafferfkin the
pulp ha^fliqiCJ?lquf..afld'icdnfi!ftency of! a carrot; tncldfing
•two-large ftones with bitter kernels, but the fruitrfe ofarde*
licious, tafte, fw.eet mixedywith ‘acid, and a fmellfuperiorin
fragyancq.tpi^moftianyi other fruit »in the colony. »-There
were alfo nuts of two fpecies, ufual|j^iilled piftaehios,
and; by the negtoesipinda^.: oriekindicrf^fhem 'rafemhle-s
fmajl chjsfnutSjjaud thhtegrow.ui bunchesipH-4'tre^nj.The
others arej^rodud^d'by ,a .fhatul^andlgip® ,/hndef grousd’i
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