[ ] [ [46] ] Coraçon. Anona Muricata, or Corassol, from the Spanish "Corazon,"—heart, so called from the shape of the fruit. Some writers derived the name from Curaçoa, supposing the seed to have been brought by the Dutch from that island. The native name was "memin."
[ ] [ [47] ] Cassava—Jatropha Manihot.
[ ] [ [48] ] See frontispiece.
[ ] [ [50] ] Feuille-morte, whence "phillemoti," brownish.
[ ] [ [51] ] A difficult channel, called by the Spaniards the "Sound of Mexico," abounding in fish, especially Dorades.
"We pursued our route till we arrived at a place which the Spaniards call the Sound of Mexico, for in that place we often cast the sound.... During this time we took great diversion in fishing, particularly dorades, on which we made great cheer."—Gage's Voyage to Mexico in 1625, from French translation by the Sieur de Beaulieu, Hües O'Neil: 2 vols., Paris, 1676.
[ ] [ [53] ] Sparus aurata (Linn.), Brame de Mer—the Bahama dorade is called "porgy."