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DEAN MAHOMET.
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a conſiderable branch of traffic under the name of copra. Arrack, a coarſe ſort of ſugar, called jagree, and vinegar are alſo extracted from it, beſides many other particulars too tedious to enumerate. The cultivation of it is extremely eaſy, by means of channels conveying water to the roots, and a manure laid round them, conſiſting of the ſmall fry of fiſh, known by the name of buckſhaw.
There are alſo here and there interſperſed a few brab—trees, or rather wild palm trees; (the word brab being derived from Brabo, which in Portugueſe ſignifies Wild) that bear an inſpid kind of fruit, about the ſize of a common pear,
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