 Its branches appear 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 is most abundant.  Botanical Rambles - Page 156by Charles Alexander Johns - 1846 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Bingley - Amazon River - 1820 - 368 pages
...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... | |
 | South America - 1822 - 194 pages
...for several months in the year, not a single shower moistens its foliage. Jt branches appear dead, but when the trunk is pierced, there flows from it...nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the Sun, that it is most abundant. The blacks and natives, are there seen hastening from all quarters, with large... | |
 | Alexander Walker - Colombia - 1822 - 846 pages
...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 when the trunk is pierced, there flow's from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun that this vegetable fountain... | |
 | Alexander Walker - Colombia - 1822 - 844 pages
...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 when the {runk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun that... | |
 | John Shute Duncan - 1825 - 124 pages
...penetrate into " the stone. For several months of the year not a single shower " moistens its foliage : but when the trunk is pierced there flows " from it a sweet and nourishing milk. The blacks and natives " throng with large bowls to receive it. We seem to see the " family of a shepherd... | |
 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...months of the year not a single shower moistens its foliage. Its branches appear dead and dried ; yet when the trunk is pierced there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at sun-rise that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The blacks and the natives are then to be seen... | |
 | William Henry B. Webster - 1834 - 418 pages
...into the stone. For several months of the year not a single shower moistens its foliage. The branches dead and dried ; but when the trunk is pierced, there...and nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun this vegetable fountain is most abundant ; the blacks and natives are then seen hastening from all... | |
 | William Henry Bayley Webster - Gravity - 1834 - 422 pages
...into the stone. For several months of the year not a single shower moistens its foliage. The branches dead and dried ; but when the trunk is pierced, there...and nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun this vegetable fountain is most abundant ; the blacks and natives are then seen hastening from all... | |
 | Physics - 1834 - 574 pages
...moisten« its foliage. Its branches appear dead »nd dried; but when the trunk is pierced, there flow» from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at the...this vegetable fountain is most abundant The Blacks ana natives are then seen hastening from al! quarters, furnished with large bowls to receive the milk,... | |
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