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Some account of Batavia
of 5. Limes, of which the best were to be bought for about 12 pence a hundred, Seville Oranges I saw 2 or 3 only, which were almost all peel; besides these, there are many sorts of oranges & lemons, none of which are at all esteemd by Europeans, or indeed by the natives themselves. 6. Mango, this fruit during our stay was so infested with maggots, which bred in the inside of them, that out of 10, scarce 4 would be free, nor were those which were, by any means so good, as those of Brazil, Europeans, commonly compare this fruit with a melting peach, to which in softness & sweetness it certainly aproaches, but in flavour, as certainly falls much short of any, good peach that can be calld good. the Climate as I have been told here, is too hot & damp for them, & on the Coast of India they are much better, Here are as many sorts of them almost as of Apples in England, some much superior to others, some of the worse