ACHIA, a kind of cane that grows in the East Indies, which is pickled green in the country, with strong vinegar, pepper, and some other spice and ingredients. This pickle comes to Europe in a sort of earthen jars, about a foot high, and the same in breadth, growing narrower at the mouth. The bits of cane are an inch and a half in diameter, and a little above two inches long, almost of the same consistency with pickled cucumbers. They are of a pale yellow colour; and, instead of pulps, their inside is a close, fibrous substance, like that of the common canes when the outside coat is off. The Dutch bring home great quantities of this pickle, which their cold climate makes them think wholesome. They generally eat it towards the end of their meals, judging it very good to quicken the appetite, and strengthen the stomach.