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[[circled]] 8 [[/circled]] This was a red letter day. I tasted my first durian, a most remarkable fruit & found only in this particular part of the world. They have a most offensive odor, a strong fetid rather skunk like smell to the tough thorn covered exterior shell. Within the fruit is divided into lengthwise sections like an orange in which lie 3 large round seeds the size of a chestnut & these are covered by a clay colored pulp which forms the edible part. The pulp is decidedly sweet in taste like a custard apple. The odor enters into the taste also & this makes it very distinctive & pleasant. It lacks