It growes up two foot, or two foot and an half from the ground.

The way of gathering it when ripe, is, that the Women (whose office it is} go and crop off the ears with their hands, and bring them home in baskets.

They onely take off the ears of Coracan also, but they being tough, are cut off with knives.

This Tanna must be parched in a Pan, and then is beaten in a Mortar to unhusk it.

It will boyl like Rice, but swell far more; the tast not bad but very dry, and accounted wholsome; the fashion flattish, the colour yellow and very lovely to the Eye.