Among the best may be reckoned the mangostan, which is said to grow only here and in Java.

It is as big as a middling- sized apple.

The rind is a deep brown on the outside and scarlet inside, and the fruit itself is white, and divided naturally into four or five sections: it almost melts in the mouth, and has an exquisite flavour.

The pine-apples are much more juicy, sweeter, and considerably larger than those at Canton; I saw some which must have weighed about four pounds.

Whole fields are planted with them, and when they arrive at full maturity, three or four hundred may be bought for a dollar.