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large as a watermellon. The interior is filled by large oval seeds size of lima beans about which is a sheath of white sweet pulp in flavor like the heart of a sweet watermelon & quite agreeable to the taste

[[circled left]] 12 [[/circled left]] The morning was bright & sunny but last night we had a heavy shower. I visited the native market at 8 A.M. The place was filled as usual with Burmese women selling vegetables. I saw watermelons, mangos, limes, bananas, jack fruit papayas, red pepperies, potatoes, tomatoes, [[strikethrough]] etc [[/strikethrough]] fish etc. offered for sale.