Use ripe cantaloupes, small ones of course; pare them, cut a slit in each, and remove the seed carefully. Then put them into brine strong enough to bear an egg, and let them remain for nine days, after which fill them with the following mixture: Three ounces crushed white ginger, three ounces of horseradish, scraped into shreds, six ounces black mustard seed, bruised, three quarters ounce mace, three quarters ounce cloves, one and a half ounces of whole black pepper, one and a half ounces turmeric, and three pounds of brown sugar, two and a quarter ounces cucumber out of brine, chopped small. Mix all together. When the mangoes have been filled put them into a jar and cover with boiling vinegar. The above quantity will fill about twenty-four small melons.