 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
 | 1890 - 480 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... | |
 | 1873 - 1098 pages
...foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried ; but \vhen the trunk is pierced there flows from it n sweet and 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... | |
 | Farmers' Alliance - 1834 - 756 pages
...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 a sweet nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun that this vegetable fountain is most abundant ; the... | |
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