Joseph Banks - Endeavour Journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0154
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Rio de Janeiro
are still worse from the Specimen we had for we got but one which was perfectly mealy & insipid their water melons however are very good for they have some little flavour or at least a degree of acid which ours have not oranges are large & very juicy we thought them good doubtless better than any we had tasted at home but probably Italy & Portugal produce as good had we been there in the time of their being in perfection Lemons & limes are like ours Sweet Lemons are sweetish & without flavour Citrons have a sickly faint taste otherwise are like them Mangos were not in perfection but promisd to be a very fine fruit they are about the size of a peach full of a melting yellow pulp not unlike that of a summer peach which has a very gratefull flavour but in all we had it was spoild by a taste of