in ichthyology. See Trigla.

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(a) See a copious account of the mode of cultivating pepper in Sumatra, in Mr Marston's History of Sumatra, or in the New Annual Register for 1783, p. 147. sy add perfumes, either to gratify their vanity or their leufuality.

It would be thought a breach of politeness among the Indians to take leave for any long time, without presenting each other with a purse of betel. It is a pledge of friendship that relieves the pain of absence. No one dares to speak to a superior unless his mouth is perfumed with betel; it would even be rude to neglect this precaution with an equal. The women of gallantry are the most lavish in the use of betel, as being a powerful incentive to love. Betel is taken after meals; it is chewed during a visit; it is offered when you meet, and when you separate; in short, nothing is to be done without betel. If it is prejudicial to the teeth, it afflicts and strengthens the stomach. At least, it is a general fashion that prevails throughout India.

The piper amalago, or black pepper, and the piper inequale, or long pepper of Jamaica, with some other species, are indigenous, and known by the names of joint wood, or peppery elders. The first bears a small spike, on which are attached a number of small seeds of the size of mustard. The whole of the plant has the exact taste of the East India black pepper. The long pepper bush grows taller than the amalago. The leaves are broad, smooth, and shining. The fruit is similar to the long pepper of the shops, but smaller. The common people in Jamaica season their messes with the black pepper. To preserve both, the fruit may be slightly scalded when green, then dried, and wrapped in paper. Perhaps hereafter they may be deemed worthy of attention.