· Of Arabie the bleft, with fuch delay Well pleas'd they flack their course, and many a League Pleas'd with the grateful fmell old Ocean fmiles. As none of thefe Odours can be fmelled at a diftance, fo they only help the Poet to a quaint Simile now and then. Maundrell in his Travels from Aleppo to Jerufalem, (page 85.) does infift, how the fine story about the Apples of Sodom, that are by Authors (even of good note) confidently faid to grow near to the Mare Mortuum, is a fiction of the felf fame nature, ftanding upon record for a beautiful allufion only. However I cannot help taking notice, That Milton, book 10. line 560. makes ufe of this very allufion, in defcribing the Punishment of the fallen Angels, upon Satan's return to Pandemonium, after having feduced our first Parents, viz. Greedily they pluck'd The Fruitage fair to fight, like that which grew book 10. page 560. 7. We had not rested there a quarter of an hour, before we heard a mock Trumpet strike up a little above us, affording a moft melodious Sound, by help of the ecchoing Woods and Hills which was instantly fucceeded by a Concert of two Violins, a Base Viol, and a Haut-boy, with good Voices. To be plain, I was so charmed with the Mufick, that I almost believed myself to be fuddenly transported into enchanted Ground, and afked my Friend (who as well as myself had fate mute all the while) the meaning of it. He conducted me about an hundred yards up higher, by the fide of the fame Rivulet, where from a fmall Eminence, we had at forty yards distance the view of a Garden pretty regularly planted (I mean for that part of the World) with confiderable Rows of Citron Shrubs, Lemon Shrubs, Orange-trees, Lime-trees, Coco, Shaddock, Pomgranates, Cashew-Cherries, called at Jamaica Apples, Bonanoes and Plantains; besides, Ananas or Pine-Apples, Tannio, India Pepper, Ocra, Indian Kale, Afparagus, Lettuces, and indeed all forts of European Roots and Herbs that will grow in fo warm a Latitude, particularly with Carrots and Turnips. Shaddock Fruit is the shape of an Orange, and tastes not unlike it, though not with fo rich a Flavour; it is of a beautiful Lemon colour, and as big as my two Fifts. The Lime Fruit is a kind of Crab or Baftard Lemon, and grows grows on a Tree of the fize of a Codlin AppleTree, being as big as a Golden Pippin but shaped like a Lemon. Pomgranates are fo common that they want no Defcription. The Cashew Cherrytree resembles the English Dwarf Apple-tree, but the Leaves are of a much lighter yellowish Green; the Cherry as to shape is conical, with the leffer end towards the ftalk on which it grows; its bulk is like that of a midling Pear; its Colour is generally speaking of a deep Yellow, and fometimes of a palish Red. At the outfide top of the Cherry (which feems hollowed a little by daine Nature for that purpose,) grows the Stone called at Jamaica a Nut, quite bare, in the exact fhape of a Sheep's Kidney, and is about an inch long, containing in it a large kernel of a fine tafte; the Fruit has a harsh and very uncommon Flavour, which I never could admire; when our Weft India young Ladies fancy themselves too much tanned with the fcorching Rays of the Sun, they gently scrape off the thin outfide Skin of the Stone, and then rub their Faces all over with the Stone; their Faces do immediately fwell, grow black, and the Skin being thus poifoned, will in five or fix days time come entirely off the Face in large Fleaks, fo that they cannot appear in publick under a full fortnight, by which time their new Skin looks as fair as the Skin of a young Child; The Shell of the Stone or Nut is porous, wherein is lodged a sharp Aromatick Oyl of a caustick quality, which if accidentally tafted of, occafions an uneasy sensation several hours; and this very Oyl is what takes off the Skin of the Face; now though the thing is actually fact, and frequently enough practiced, I do not call to mind above one Lady who owned that she herfelf had tried it; she faid, that the whole operation was painful, but alas! What will not Pride attempt? As these ftones are not very uncommon at London, I wonder that some of our English Ladies who use all other Jezebel-Arts to fet off their brown Complexions to the utmost advantage, do not try this Experiment. You find an account of Cocotrees in paragraph 23 of this Letter. Bonano is a Fruit of four or five inches long, the fize as well as fhape of a midling Cucumber, of a high and grateful flavour, and you will meet with an account of the Tree itself in paragraph 18 of this Letter. The Fruit grows in Bunches that weigh a dozen pounds. Plantain is exactly like the Bonano in all respects, except that its Fruit has an infipid tafte. I had almost forgot to acquaint you, that we there have plenty of Cabbages, that in my opinion are full as good as English Colly-flowers; they are not propagated by Seed like our's, but in rainy weather we flip off the Sprouts from the Cabbage-ftumps, which being ftuck into the ground which is just then dug up for that purpose, do do immediately grow into Cabbages that have no rank Smell. Ananas or Pine-Apples are fo common at Chelsea and other fine Gardens here in England, that they need no defcription, and I fhall refer you to Laurence, Miller, Sir Hans Sloan, and other books that treat of Gardening. I had like to have forgot to acquaint you, that there was then a large company of Gentlemen and Ladies from Baffe Terre, diverting themselves with Dancing, Singing, Cards, &c. in the Garden, and that we had the pleasure of looking at them thorough the Trees for a confiderable time, without being discovered at all. Dr. George Baglivi afferts, That as in Apuglia (in Italy) the manured Fields are plentifully stocked with Olives, Vines, and Wheat; fo are the unmanured ones with Rosemary, Sage, Penny-royal, and Thyme, the common Pafturage of the Animals of that Country. I fuppofe you know that Peach-trees, Myrtle, &c. grow wild in Virginia and Maryland; and that there are whole Fields of Parfely growing wild at Bermudas. 8. But to proceed. The Evening drawing on, it was time to take leave of this sweet delightful Eden, mount our Horfes, and make the best of our way for my Friend's Houfe at Chianne, where we fafely arrived about an hour after, coafting it all along thither; that is to fay, having the Atlantick Ocean close by on our right hand, and the |