 The blacks and natives are then seen hastening from all quarters, furnished with large bowls to receive 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.  Travels in South America - Page 391822 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Margaret Plues - 1863 - 438 pages
...woody roots can scarcely penetrate the stony soil. Its branches appear dead and dried, yet as soon as the trunk is pierced there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at sunrise that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The natives are then to be seen hastening from... | |
 | James Currie (A.M.) - 1866 - 204 pages
...year not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried; yet, as soon as the trunk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at sunrise that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The natives are then to be seen hastening from... | |
 | Beauties - 1866 - 310 pages
...year, not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dried and dead ; yet, as soon as the trunk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at sunrise that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The natives are then seen hastening from all... | |
 | Margaret Amanda Pattison - 1868 - 178 pages
...nature."* When the tree is ready to be tapped, the foliage withers and dries up ; if the trunk is then pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun that thi& vegetable fountain is most abundant. The natives are then, seen hastening from all quarters, furnished... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 274 pages
...year not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried; yet, as soon as the trunk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at sunrise that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The natives are then to be seen hastening from... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 294 pages
...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...nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The negroes and natives are then seen hastening from all... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 312 pages
...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...nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The negroes and natives are then seen hastening from all... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1874 - 502 pages
...several months in 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...nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The blacks and natives are then seen hastening from all quarters,... | |
 | J. Cooper - 1874 - 170 pages
...single shower moistens its leaves. Its branches appear dead and dried; yet, as soon as the trunk is cut, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at sunrise that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The natives may then be seen hastening from... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1883 - 460 pages
...several months in 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...sweet and nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the eun that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The blacks and natives are then seen hastening from... | |
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