There Are Many Good Wild Fruits, Including One Very Similar To A Walnut
In Its Green Shell; The Flesh Of This Has A Remarkably Fine Flavour, And
The Nut Within Exactly Resembles A Horse-Chestnut In Size And Fine
Mahogany Colour.
This nut is roasted, and, when ground and boiled, a
species of fat or butter is skimmed from the surface of the water:
This
is much prized by the natives, and is used for rubbing their bodies,
being considered as the best of all fats for the skin; it is also eaten.
Among the best of the wild fruits is one resembling raisins; this grows
in clusters upon a large tree. Also a bright yellow fruit, as large as a
Muscat grape, and several varieties of plums. None of these are produced
in Latooka. Ground-nuts are also in abundance in the forests; these are
not like the well-known African ground-nut of the west coast, but are
contained in an excessively hard shell. A fine quality of flax grows
wild, but the twine generally used by the natives is made from the fibre
of a species of aloe. Tobacco grows to an extraordinary size, and is
prepared similarly to that of the Ellyria tribe.
When ripe, the leaves are pounded in a mortar and reduced to a pulp; the
mass is then placed in a conical mould of wood, and pressed. It remains
in this until dry, when it presents the shape of a loaf of sugar, and is
perfectly hard.
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