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Some account of Savu

Lengh & scarcely so large as a mans finger  the outside is coverd with a very thin skin of a light green colour & in the inside are a few seeds disposd in the form of a star  it flavour is a light but very clean & pleasant acid  it cannot be eat raw but is said to be excellent in Pickles  we stewd it & made sower sauce to our Stews &bouilli which was very gratefull to the taste & no doubt possest no small share of antescorbutick virtues  But what seems to be the genuine natural production of the Island & which they have in the greatest abundance & take the most care of is the Fan Palm or Toddy tree (Borassus flabellifer).
[Margin note] Fan palm
​​​​​​​large groves of these trees are to be seen in all parts of the Island  under which other crops as Maize  indigo &c. are planted so that in reality they take up no room tho the yeild the treble advantage of fruit  Liquor & sugar  all but especialy the two last in great profusion  besides which the leaves serve to thatch their houses & to make baskets  umbrellas or rather conical bonnets  Cups  Tobacca-pipes &c &c.

 

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