 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1809 - 518 pages
...the rising of the sun that this vegetable fountain was most abundant. The negroes and natives were then seen hastening from all quarters, furnished with large bowls to receive the milk, which grew yellow, and thickened at its surface. Some emptied their bowls under the tree itself, others carried... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 590 pages
...coriaceous and dry leaves. It's large woody roots can scarcely penetrate into the stone. For se216 veral months of the year not a single shower moistens it's...Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others cany the juice home to their children. We seem to see the family of a shepherd, who distributes the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1819 - 592 pages
...penetrate into the stone. For several months of the year not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried ; but when the trunk...receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children.... | |
 | 1819 - 596 pages
...penetrate into the stone. For several months of the year not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried ; but when the trunk...receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1819 - 622 pages
...dead and dried ; but when the trunk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It.is at the rising of the sun, that this vegetable fountain...receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children.... | |
 | 1820 - 442 pages
...penetrate into the stone. For several months of the year not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried ; but when the trunk...receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children.... | |
 | 1820 - 870 pages
...penetrate into the stone. For several months of the year not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried ; but when the trunk...receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children.... | |
 | William Bingley - 1820 - 368 pages
...is at the rising of the sun that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The negroes and Indians are then seen hastening from all quarters, furnished with large bowls, to receive the milk. . From Burbula the travellers went to Guacara, and passed three days there, on the borders of the lake... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1822 - 844 pages
...not a single shower moistens, its foliage : its branches appear dead and dried ; but when the {runk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing...the milk, which grows • yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some empty their bowls under the tree itself; others carry the juice home to their children.... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1822 - 846 pages
...moistens its foliage : its branches appear dead and dried ; but when the trunk is pierced, there flow's from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at the...receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some Btnpty their bowls under the tree itself ; others carry the juice home to their children.... | |
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For several months of the year not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried, but when the trunk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun, that this vegetable fountain is... 
