 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1809 - 518 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1819 - 596 páginas
...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...which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children. We seem to... | |
 | 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 páginas
...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...which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children. We seem to... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 602 páginas
...not a single shower moistens it's foliage. It's branches appear dead and dried ; but when the trunk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing...receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at it's surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children.... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 590 páginas
...not a single shower moistens it's foliage. It's branches appear dead and dried ; but when the trunk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing...receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at it's surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others cany 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 páginas
...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...which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children. We seem to... | |
 | 1820 - 442 páginas
...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...which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children. We seem to... | |
 | 1820 - 870 páginas
...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...which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some employ their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children. We seem to... | |
 | William Bingley - 1820 - 368 páginas
...Its branches appear dead and dried ; yet when the trunk is pierced, the juice flows freely from it. It 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... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1822 - 846 páginas
...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...which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some Btnpty their bowls under the tree itself ; others carry the juice home to their children. We seem to... | |
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On the barren flank of a rock grows a tree with coriaceous and dry leaves. It's large woody roots can scarcely penetrate into the stone. For several months of the year not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried ; but... 
