able, both for ſtrength and durability, to others built of timber imported from North America.
Cabbage trees are in great plenty in Dominica, and are very ſerviceable on the plantations, as their trunks ſawed, or ſplit, make good laths or rails for cattle-pens, being very durable: the branches and leaves are uſed for thatching of houſes; and the cabbage part of them is excellent eating. Theſe trees are of great height, have much the appearance of the cocoa-nut tree, and bear a berry much like a date. The cabbage part is in the top, whence it is taken after the tree is cut down; and when that part is boiled it is equally as good, and taſtes much like the bottom part of an artichoke. It alſo makes a very good pickle, ſome of which is often ſent to England as preſents.
