13.  Guava.  This fruit is much commended by the inhabitants of our islands in the West Indies, who probably have a better sort than we met with here, where the smell of them was so disagreeably strong that it made some of us sick; those who tasted them said, that the flavour was equally rank.

14.  Sweet sop.  The Annona Squammosa of Linnaeus.  This is also a West-Indian fruit:  It consists only of a mass of large kernels, from which a small proportion of pulp may be sucked, which is very sweet, but has little flavour.

15.  Custard apple.  The Annona Reticulata of Linnaeus.  The quality of this fruit is well expressed by its English name, which it acquired in the West Indies; for it is as like a custard, and a good one too, as can be imagined.

16.  The cashew apple.  This is seldom eaten on account of its astringency.  The nut that grows upon the top of it is well known in Europe.

17.  The cocoa-nut.  This is also well known in Europe:  There are several sorts, but the best of those we found here is called Calappi Edjou, and is easily known by the redness of the flesh between the skin and the shell.

18.  Mangostan.  The Garcinia Mangostana of Linnaeus.  This fruit, which is peculiar to the East Indies, is about the size of the crab apple, and of a deep red-wine colour:  On the top of it is the figure of five or six small triangles joined in a circle, and at the bottom several hollow green leaves, which are remains of the blossom.  When they are to be eaten, the skin, or rather flesh, must be taken off, under which are found six or seven white kernels, placed in a circular order, and the pulp with which these are enveloped, is the fruit, than which nothing can be more delicious:  It is a happy mixture of the tart and the sweet, which is no less wholesome than pleasant; and with the sweet orange, this fruit is allowed in any quantity to those who are afflicted with fevers, either of the putrid or inflammatory kind.

19.  The jamboo.  The Eugenia Mallaccensis of Linnaeus.  This fruit is of a deep red colour, and an oval shape; the largest, which are always the best, are not bigger than a small apple; they are pleasant and cooling, though they have not much flavour.

20.  The jambu-eyer.  A species of the Eugenia of Linnaeus.  Of this fruit there are two sorts of a similar shape, resembling a bell, but differing in colour; one being red, the other white.  They somewhat exceed a large cherry in size, and in taste have neither flavour nor even sweetness, containing nothing but a watery juice, slightly acidulated; yet their coolness recommends them in this hot country.

21.  Jambu-eyer mauwar.  The Eugenia Jambos of Linnaeus.  This is more grateful to the smell than the taste:  In taste it resembles the conserve of roses, and in smell the fresh scent of those flowers.

22.  The pomegranate.  This is the same fruit that is known by the same name all over Europe.