It is neither acid, nor sweet, nor juicy; yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is.

It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop.

In fact to eat Durians is a new sensation, worth a voyage to the East to experience.
When the fruit is ripe it falls of itself, and the only way to eat Durians in perfection is to get them as they fall; and the smell is then less overpowering.

When unripe, it makes a very good vegetable if cooked, and it is also eaten by the Dyaks raw.

In a good fruit season large quantities are preserved salted, in jars and bamboos, and kept the year round, when it acquires a most disgusting odour to Europeans, but the Dyaks appreciate it highly as a relish with their rice.