...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...

...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...

...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,...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, they suffered little...

...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...

...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,...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 famines they suffered little,...

...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...

...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,...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, they suffered little...

...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....

...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...natives make it into bread, and boil it into thick gruel ; these form a great part of the diet of the people whose country it inhabits, and during famines they...

...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...natives make it into bread, and boil it into thick gruel ; these form a great part of the diet of the people whose country it inhabits, and during famines they...