Shaw  ssya  (vo).  I,  p.  263)  that  the  lotea  is  the  aeedra
of  the  Araba ;  that  it  is  a  species  of  zisiphiu  or  jujeb ;
and  thst  the  fruit  tastes  somewhat  like  gingerbread.
When  freab,  it  is  of  a  bright  yellow.  Pane's  descrfp-
tion,  however,  is  the  most  perfect  of  ell.  "  They  are
•Diall  farinaeeone  berries,'  01  e  yellow  colour  eAd  deli-
ckiua  taatf.  'The  nativee  convert  them  into  if  sort  of
bread,  by  exposing  them  some  days  to  the  sun,  and
afterwam  pounding  them  gently  in  a  wooden  mbrur,
ontil  the  farinaceous  part  of  the  berry  fs  separated
from  the  stone.  This  meal  is  then  mixed  with  s  little
water,  and  formed  into  cakes,  which,  wlien  dried  in
the  sun,  resemble  in  colour  and  flavour  the  sweetest
gingerbread.  -The  stones  are  afterward  pat  into  a
Venel  of  water ^and  shaken  about,  ao  as  to  separate
the  meal  which  may  still  adhere  to  them-:  thta  com-
Inunicates  a  sweet  and  agreeable  taste  to  the  water,
and,  with  the  addition  of  a  -little  pounded  millet,  forms
a  pleasant  gruel  called  fonii,  which  rs  the  common
breakfast  in  many  parts  of  Ladamar  during  the  months
of  February  and  ftfarch.  Th^  fruit  is  collected  by
apreading  a  clotb  upon  the  ground  and  beating  tbie
branches  with  a  stick"  (p.  99).
Locit,  a  cit^  of  Etruria,  northeast  of  Pisae,  on  the
liver  Auser  or  Skrduo.  It  still  preserves  iu  situation
and  name.  It  is  mentioned  for  the  first  time  by  Lrvy,
as  the  place  to  which  Tiberius  Gracchua  retired  after
the  unfortunate  campaign  on  the  Trehia  (31,  S9).  The
•ame  writer  slates  It  to  have  been  colonized  A.U.C.
