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Some account of Batavia

15. Custard Apple likewise is common to our West Indies, where it has got its name which well enough expresses its qualities, for certainly it is as like a Custard, & a good one too, as can be imagind,
16. Casshew apple is seldom or never eat, on account of its astringency, the nut that grows on the top of it is well known in Europe, where it is brought from the West Indies 
17. Cocoa nut is well known Every where between the tropicks, of it are infinite different sorts, the best we met with for Eating drinking is calld Calappa Edjou, & easily known by the redness of the flesh between the Skin & the shell.,
18. Mangostan  as this & some more are fruits peculiar to the East Indies, I shall give short descriptions of them. this is about the size of a Crab apple, & of a deep red wine Colour, at the top of them is a mark made by 5 or 6 small triangles, joind in a circle, & at the bottom several hollow green leaves, the remains of the flower, when they are to be eat, the skin or rather flesh is to be which is thick, must be taken of, under which are found 5 6  6 or 7 white

 

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