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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: FURTHER ACCOUNT OF QEYLON. When Mr. Selby returned, a few days after, he renewed the account he had promised to give of Ceylon. . Did you ever see a cocoa-nut, my dears? enquired their friend. No, never, replied the children. 'Well then, I must in the first place describe to you this valuable fruit. You may remember, I told you the groves of cocoa-nut trees appeared most beautiful on approaching the Cejlonese shores, but their utility exceeds even their beauty: they are serviceable for a variety of purposes. The nut is as large as your head, William, but not of the same shape, being rather long, like an egg it is enclosed, or cased over, with a fibrous threadlike substance, which is capable of being woven into ropes; the shell of the nut is lined with a white kernel, very agreeable, somewhat resembling an almond; besides this, it contains a large cup full of a. pleasant liquor. Commonly called1 ttie riiilk of the cocoa-nut: this Cooling liquid is peculiarly refreshing irt a hot climate. Thus kindly has Providence provided every country not only with the useful- but with the agreeable ' Wishing to make the most of my time in exploring the productions of this wonderful island, 1 engaged, as an assistant, a young African, whom I chanced to notice on board a t)utch vessel. The manners and appearance of this young man attracted my attention: good- humour, vivacity, and sense enlivened his black features, and made himquitehandsome Handsome exclaimed Lucy, how can a black be handsome? I never saw a black man but once, and I thought him excessively ugly; and was almost frightened at being near him. I am not at all surprised at that, replied Mr. Selby; people so different in colour might at first excite in you fear and astonishment. I have witnessed the same ...
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