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334&#93; 534] B R E dlirg oak; its I foot and a half in of an oblong sha uated like those of the fig-tree, which they resemble in colour ; and, v broken, exude a milky juice. The fruit is shaped like a heart, an tains die size of a chili's head. Its rind is thick, green, and co- vered with excrescences of a hexa- gonal figutB. The internal part of trie rind is composed of a pulpy substance, full of twisted fibres : this pulp becomes softer towards the middle, where a small cavity is formed, containing no kernels ( r seeds. The inhabitants of Suma- tra dry the soft internal part, and use it as bread with other food. At Amboyna, they dress the inner rind with' the milk of the cocoa- nut, and fry it in oil like fritters. It affords much nourishment, is very satisfying, and therefore pro- per for labouring people. Being cf an astringent quality, it is also beneficial to persons of a laxative habit. Its taste is rather harsh, and similar to the potatoe made in the West of Engl The milky jufce which i- es a the trunk, wh< nut oil, makes a very strong lime. From the investigations of bo- tanists it appears, that this tree ran only be propagated by suckers or layers, owing to a deficiency in the parts of fructification. Breakstone (Chickweed). See Procumbent Pearlwort. BREAM, or Brama, is a species of the Cyprirtiis, or carp. It inha- bits lakes, or the deep pa smooth rivers, and afford the angler, though it is not much esteemed for its flavour. The for catching this fish are milar to those established for taking BRE ill be stat- ed in irticle C ,i.p : the •r, should be finer than w! it i^ Commonly used for' that fish ; and the angler should throw his line as nearly as possible into the middle of the stream. The bream may be taken with a blue- bottle fly, cither by whipping, or in the common method", by paste or gentles. BREAST, or fore part of the chest, signifies that cavity of the trunk which is composed of many ", the sternum or breast-bone in front, twelve ribs on each side, twelve vertebra, or turning joints of the spine, as the bod,- is turned upon them, and two shoulder blades. The thorax, or chest, extends from the lower part of the neck to the midriff, and con- tains the organs mest essential to life, such as the heart, : and likewise the wind-pipe and the gullet. With respeel to the dis- eases of the breast, we r< er to the articles Cough and Inflamma- tion'. Breasts, or mamir.ee, in fe- . protuber- he sides of the chest, in the mos ' .nation for giv- ing food to the infant. In som stances fherehave been found t and evenfour breasts in one person, all yielding milk alike. They are ible to the touch, and ought therefore to be carefully ded against external injury 3 as a very slight bruise or blow may be attended with fatal consequences. No part of the human body is so easily affected ', liable to cancerous complaints, as that of emale bre a. — See i An c er. There prevails a custom • after delivery, when .so great, that