 | 1873 - 612 pages
...trees will yield at the rate of a ' hundred pints in the twenty-four hours. The pith, or fari' naceous part of the trunk of old trees, is said to be equal...; the natives make it into bread and boil it into ' gruel.' Thus bread and wine may be said to be the fruit of this beautiful palm. We cannot fail to... | |
 | Asia - 1836 - 664 pages
...to the native* of the coiintrk'.- v.here it 156 Asiatic Intelligence. — Bombay. grows in plenty. The pith or farinaceous part of the trunk of old trees is said to be equal to the best sago. It forms a part of the diet of the natives, and during a a famine they suffered little while thc«e... | |
 | William Roxburgh - Botany - 1832 - 906 pages
...informed that the best trees will yield at the rate of one hundred pints in the twenty-four hours. The pith or farinaceous part of the trunk of old trees,...thick gruel; these form a great part of the diet of those people; and during the late famine, they suffered little while those trees lasted. I have reason... | |
 | 1837 - 682 pages
...tribe of natural order. It is highly valuable to the natives of the countries where it grows in plenty. The pith or farinaceous part of the trunk of old trees is said to be equal to the best sago. It forms apart of the diet of the natives, and during a famine they suffered little while those trees... | |
 | Asia - 1841 - 564 pages
...I subjoin the statement cf Dr. Roxburgh, who must have been an eye witness of the facts related. ' The pith or farinaceous part of the trunk of old trees,...thick gruel ; these form a great part of the diet of those people, and during the late famines they suffered little, while those trees lasted. I have reason... | |
 | 1841 - 578 pages
...I subjoin the statement of Dr. Roxburgh, who must have been an eye witness of the facts related. ' The pith or farinaceous part of the trunk of old trees, is said to be equal to the I < best sago, the natives make it into bread and boil it into thick gruel ; these form a great part... | |
 | Natural history - 1845 - 678 pages
...informed that the best trees will yield at the- rate of one hundred pints in the twenty-four hours. The pith or farinaceous part of the trunk of old trees,...thick gruel ; these form a great part of the diet of those people ; and during the late famine, they suffered little while those trees lasted. I have reason... | |
 | Johann Otto Voigt - Botanical gardens - 1845 - 854 pages
...term for spirit. The best trees will yield at the rate of 100 pints of sap in the 24 hours. The pith of the trunk of old trees is said to be equal to the best sago. The natives make it into - bread, or boil it into thick gruel. (Roxb. Royle.) 2. hórrida, Jacq. (fragm. bot. p. 20; — Spreng, syst.... | |
 | Charles Knight - Industrial arts - 1851 - 1070 pages
...grows in plenty : it yields them, during the hot season, an immense quantity of toddy, or palm-wine. The pith, or farinaceous part, of the trunk of old...make it into bread, and boil it into thick gruel. CASAN is one of the busiest cities of European Russia. It has a great cloth manufactory, in which 1000... | |
 | John Lindley - 1853 - 1066 pages
...this toddy, or palm wine. The best trees will yield at the rate of 100 pints in the twenty-four hours. The pith, or farinaceous part of the trunk of old...thick gruel ; these form a great part of the diet of the people whose country it inhabits, and during famines they suffer little while those trees last.... | |
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... hours. The pith or farinaceous part of the trunk of old trees, is said to be equal to the best Sago ; the natives make it into bread, and boil it into thick gruel ; these form a great part of the diet of those people ; and during the late famine,... 
