Volume 2

Travels in Europe, Africa and Asia, made between the years 1770 and 1779 / By Charles Peter Thunberg.

  • Thunberg, Carl Peter, 1743-1828.
Date:
1795
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Travels in Europe, Africa and Asia, made between the years 1770 and 1779 / By Charles Peter Thunberg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tlie Hottentots* Water-melon, the Hydnora; and, among the Indians, feveral delicious fruits,, fuch as Ananas, Pifang, Qojavus, Carambola^ Bilimbing, Mangoes, Mangoftines^ Arbufcs, Cocoa-nuts, Jambo, the fruit of the Ratan Sake, Catappa, Papaija, Nanca, Annona, B .>a Lanfa, Nepheiium, Solanum Mclongena and Birds’ ntfts. As Svjeet-meats and Spicesj the Indians ufe Bcteh Arcek, Cayenne pepper, die root of Schoenanthus, Turmeric, the root of the Bam- boo, Ginger, Cardamoms and Cloves. For quenching thirft, likewife a scooling and refre filing, and for producing intoxicationy fome of the Hottentots ufe the Mefembryanthemum emarcidum, the Kameka, Gli, and W ater-meions. As Jalutary and approved Remediesy are ufed the Vifcum fcthiopicum, Indigofera arborea. Boa ati, Dodonsea anguflifolia, Jambolifera, Durio, Carambola, Bilimbing, Citrus deeumanus; and, as a ftrong Poijony tlie Amaryllis difticlia. In rural and domejlic Oeconomyy as well among the Hottentots as the Indians, leveral articles occur very ufeful and neceffaiy 3 for inftance: For mats to fit oHy for the roofs of houles, and for covering waggons, the Cyperus textilis and Bender ratans. VQY Lanthorns y Calabalhes. For fivers j the Aloe dichotoma. For Catching flies 3 the Fly-bufii. For