servativeri àgainst famine,j.l®f whfc^. their own* indolence»
hrë able t® depi ive ' tke J Ceyfoalcfeses1 By regular t cultifation,
however* greatly* extended, andxtheir
quality, improved*. '^
The cocoa-tree, is of-suehi singular utility- n o t! only to : tb^ ;
fongse, ' butrito» all .the;. natives of India, j’That; .£> hep&;a yfull’'l,c-_
®oiin^#f ând its ifti^Wiii: not hesThriught -superfluous .by r^y
■i^adeis,' 'qveu a tth o n g h it is mot by anyrmëâns pecphaa rigg|the
island I am. describings |
WriPhê-cOéoa-tree grows.; to a | gEeat-heightj isslendeEiàndisliÉaighb,
Witfr the body - completely ibrire; arid orilyftte^^topre^(wAedw-j^irb
a bunch of -long-green-, leaves, ^ h ê s ^ e s ^ s a n ^ ^ é ^ e e t o a r e d
in appearance to â goose-quill: a thick .ligament jpsse ^ ttoaugh
fb é maddfe, and long .green slips''grow' ouUdrom:it& sj«ks<-^ in
the manner of fern. Under the îeâMSLAi^iifeappiaf ^p ^ iiig ^
in clusters: each tre e trbears from two to| Three ; cjg^zen.j .T h e
nut has a rind or outside eoat> of ' greenriCofopia.:} -
and composed of fibrous threads. These I«rer sqiilong -as to jbe
manufactured into ropes, called eoya gropes, : a®d^|>ÿdàgeŸ; of
various descriptions : even cables o f the ’ largest arerrma de
of them, and are generally esteemed -from beings more xbpQyant
in salt Water than thosé made *of 4iemp-.^i|îbc^fefibr^ïi-î|®||g|5pr»
are of too - harsh a nature to be «manufactured* without .jS©me
previous preparation ; • and therefore on being taken off, /the
rind is put into water to swell, and. is afterwards beaten* before
it is capable of being wrought into cordage.
When tins «outward rind is removed* if thé put 4s jf^cqntjy
plucked, the shell is found slightly- covered with a whjfe pulp
which adheres to if. After being kept for some, time, bftwever*
à
dips pulp ,<|ries*up a n ^ b e ^ i i ^ ^ «browiiish^crilour, Op being
- sfelrt -#!> i t ^ t a j n # - ^ |'i r i ^ .. J h & nut, which- when plucked
fuofn^lleifeSpe-was.la=ig^ ri|Sja. middlipgl/si^eq. bowhiis-, reduced
,to t h e | S ^ | i | a e a p n o n ball. On the
s ^ i e r ^ , o f ^ ^ ^ t ^ % ^ g @ n e d ^ we-find. about a pint of a
^ ff ^ ^ ^ | ^ % W W ^ G^®rmS-^dilieious drink.
an inch
^ ^ s u b s t ^ e ; ^ i n taste te&jpbling .a blan-
«■ I fc is #equepfcly.jC|s$e?pvin f|fe| natural' sta t^ ’; .but
| ^ ^ i f e T y 1e p t l y ^ c u r ||^ m u . i l c a j a ^ y 5Sl apd, peppermS# water.
.M 's^ jH tS q r a p ^ ) f r .^ e - in s id e p f • the .»shell with--an instrte-
descril^dqfresemfehng the rowel q%a^pT|K;
ail^ ^ ein ^mix ed m % w a te r ;forms a subsfancedikermilk!
m ^the^epcoa-nut^is .-highly - efete^ried
to ^%f-,^efubpu'Ev
P ° ^ - I t is. prepared from the ©IdiSTof themjafcs, -Which aqe
first .spilt and .left jn the» sun to .dry ''without any of*, their: in-
^ I ^ S g ’feW.femqy.ed: rind whe^spffieiepfly^dried, they
Pu t£intP;lWlls Prepared sfqr the purpose, and the piM^exV
mgssqd.. fpo-rp them.-.
1 >-.$& nut alone that affords)'food and luxuries
From top^pf; thq^toee .where the leaves, shoot up,
ft. liquor qallpd toddy Js. procured by incisiop, A silt is made
^ t h i ^ part o f :tree with a knife overnight, „and, a chatty
■^earthen-pot suspended from* the b r a n d i e ^ ^ ^ o lr e q e iy e the
ju ice,wh ich immediatelyj. bggjns -to distil, and eoptiriues ‘ to do ‘
80 tlU liext morning*- ■when the pot is removed This liquor
when drunk before the heat o f tl^e rising : sun has caused it to
:|e;rment, is?.veipr w o esom e and .cooling,, and operates as a
gentle purgative. But 'upon being fermented, it becomes intoxicating;
and in this .state is ..well .known To the European