idea of the leaves, flower, and fruit of the mangoostan. The
mango is another fruit of exquisite flavour, when of a good
sort, but of that peculiar taste which is not relished by every
palate. I t grows on a large spreading tree, not unlike the
walnut. The Rambootan or hairy fruit (the Nephelium Echi-
natum) and the Poolasang (a larger species of the same genus)
are cool and agreeable fruits, of a delicate subacid flavour,
highly refreshing in a warm climate. The trees on which
they grow are shewy, free, and elegant. The annexed is a
branch of the rambootan: the leaves of the poolosang are
much narrower; the fruit is larger and wants those hairy
spines which cover the former. Oranges, lemons, citrons, and
shaddocks, are plentiful in the gardens about Batavia; so
also is the Eugenia or rose apple, of which there are two
species ; the Averkoa, consisting likewise of two species (the
Carambola which is used for tarts, and the Belimbing as a
pickle), guavas, annonas, dates, and bananas. The Atro-
carpus or Jack fruit grows wild in great plenty, as does, also
a large fruit called the Doorian, whose smell is extremely
disgusting, and flavour somewhat like what one might suppose
the taste to be of a custard seasoned with garlic; but
both the taste and the smell are said not only to lose their offensive
qualities by frequent use, but to become extremely fascinating.
The fragments, however, of this fruit are strictly prohibited
from being thrown into the streets ; nor are they suffered to
remain about the stalls in the market, on account of the fetid
smell, which, when in a state of putrefaction, is supposed to
taint the air and render it highly injurious to health. A fruit
called the Boa Lansa is in great estimation among the several
classes of inhabitants, I t grows in clusters like grapes, upon