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Show et - " - --- o T ey e ett e el ete S o e s W - . A General Defcription o . D N _ w AN g Such Nut -R - are called by the Indians Palajava, are ufed in Medicine their ViGuals - - »3 ot amopgf But the Mace that covers the Nutmeg, is tak e TOW ripe, and whilft it is of a very dgep red col{:)yusleaizd;:;: 5}(;{)0{; 1t be the Salt, and fo brought to the Table, and- eaten before the Meat, to (har 1NCgar an petite. When the Mace is ripe, it is taken off the Nut, an)d drye dP,Cn [}he‘A and Ia'd""P carefully. . The Indians fay, that as well the Nut asthe I&ldn thrunk S.mexys, and Aches of the Body, caufed by Cal bor dhia ace, Cyre has Oylin his houfe made of the frefh fruit : - And as there comes fro Cvir}' bo Mac th Manc o Oy th hand othe th o f much lefs Oyl then the Nut flro;:»gf:r then that of th,e Nutmeg The Inhabitants cfteem and value the ;\54 muc much lugher then the Nut, in regard they can fell the Mace almoft { ace f dea.ref (hel1. the Nut The green and unripe Nuts are put by the G] t)'dtzmc India into Viaegar or Sugar, and f{o brough to the Table inftead of arEn And of Jate ycars fome European Merchants have brought over of thef; I:Tflquet dered aftcr this manner, which are ufed not only in Phyfick, but 2 € ;) )]lftsor Some put the outward fhell or husk into Sugar, and prefer it' b 3} N( icacy be ut ?\ o for anothe Ther tafle an fmel delicat mof it o cauf which are called by the Indians Pals Meifiri Thefe are accountc(();]?h lll)tn;}egs the ordinary people, but without any reafon ; for though they are bj e be Ib) the,rm}nd,.‘ yet they have net thar Aromatick virtu neither is the N;gger ft h lon Nu i tha eftce amongf th Indian (‘thoug perhap o afei?ert 'l lou ) as that of the round Nutmeg, there bein very little virtue'ih it; and 3 wil lhe amongf reckon ar very, Trees upon which thefe long Nuts grow ;;: to tr%ubl o tim thei Wort no i worlt {ort, {o that the Indians thin them, there being little or no Virtue in them And to fay all in ‘one WOl‘ attbe Tree upon which thefe long Nutmegs grow, differs more i virtue and fi : then form or fhape from thatof the other n itreng |