 | 1856 - 430 lapas
...walking- sticks, the reels of spindles, and little toys, which are whiter than animal ivory, and equally hard, if they are not put under water, and if they are, they become white and hard when dried again. Bears, hogs, and turkeys, devour the young fruit with avidity. — (Seemann, in Botanical... | |
 | 1844 - 520 lapas
...travellers allay their thirst ; afterwards this same liquor becomes milky and sweet, and it changes it taste by degrees as it acquires solidity, till at...dried. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity." The tree which furnishes these nuts is a palm, although Humboldt and Kunth have referred it, for some reason... | |
 | 1844 - 878 lapas
...the young fruits becomes acid if they are cut from the tree and kept for some time. From the kernel the Indians fashion the knobs of walking-sticks, the...dried. Bears devour the young^ fruit with avidity.' According to the Gardeners' Chronicle, from which we derive the substance of our information, the part... | |
 | 1844 - 858 lapas
...Indians fashion the knobs of walking-sticks, the reels of spindles, and little toys, which arc winter than ivory, and as hard, if they are not put under water ; and if they are, they become white and liard again when dried. Dears devour the young fruit with avidity.' According to the Gardeners' Chronicle,... | |
 | 1844 - 434 lapas
...toys, which are whiter than ivory, and as hard, if they are not put under water ; and if they arc, they become white and hard again when dried. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity." The tree which furnishes these nuts is a palm , although Humboldt and Kunth have referred it, for some... | |
 | 1845 - 558 lapas
...the name, without sufficient reason, to Elephantasia macrocarpa, but his bad example is not followed. The natives of Columbia call it tagua, or cabeza de...water ; and if they are, they become white and hard «gain when dried. Bearsdevour the youngfruit withavidity." The tree which furnishes these nuts is... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1845 - 328 lapas
...and little toys, which are whiter than ivory, and as hard, if they are not put under water ; and it they are, they become white and hard again when dried. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity." The tree which furnishes these nuts is a palm, although Humboldt and Kunth have referred it, for some reason... | |
 | Curiosities - 1849 - 192 lapas
...contained in the young fruits becomes acid, if they are cut from the tree and kept some time. From these kernels the Indians fashion the knobs of walkingsticks,...dried. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity. The part of the kernel which is thus similar to ivory is of the same nature, though not of the same consistence,... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1849 - 520 lapas
...of walking-sticks, the reels of spindles and little toys, which are whiter than Ivory, and equally hard, if they are not put under water, and if they are, they become white and hard when dried again. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity." This species, P. macrocarpa, is characterized... | |
 | 1850 - 638 lapas
...of walking-sticks, the reels of spindles and little toys, whicli are whiter than ivory, and equally hard, if they are not put under water; and if they are, they become white and hard when dried again. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity." This species, P. macrocarpa, is characterized... | |
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... as it acquires solidity, till at last it is almost as hard as ivory. The liquor contained in the young fruits becomes acid if they are cut from the tree and kept some time. From the kernels the Indians fashion the knobs of walking-sticks, the reels... 
