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 The alligator pear is of the hape of an Englih bell pear, but is much larger. There are two orts of this fruit, the one of a purple-coloured rind, the other of a pale green: the latter is the larget, and mot eteemed. They are excellent fruit, and are greedily eaten by all kinds of animals; for even hores, who are in general not fond of fruit, will eagerly eat them. This is the fruit which is called in the Wet Indies "Vegetable marrow," from its rich melting tate, and it is jutly reckoned the bet and mot wholeome fruit of the country.

Some people eat them with alt and black pepper, others with lime-juice and yrup, and ome without either; but the generality of the French eat them with fih or fleh, with which they are very relihing. The eed of the alligator pear, which is nearly one-third part of the fruit, and hakes within it when ripe, has the appearance of the inide part of a chetnut