 I fear, will become soon more difficult to be procured, from the destructive mode pursued by the natives in obtaining it. A magnificent tree of fifty, or more probably 100 years' growth, is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the milky juice collected...  The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed - 57. oldalszerző: National cyclopaedia - 1879Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1846 - 650 oldal
...magnificent tree of fifty, or more probably 100 years' growth, is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the milky juice collected and poured into a trough formed by the hollow stem of the plantain leaf; it quickly coagulates on exposure to the air; but from one tree, I was told that not more than 20 Ibs.... | |
 | 1846 - 586 oldal
...A magnificent tree of fifty, or more probably 100 years' growth is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the milky juice collected and poured into a trough formed by the hollow stem of the plantain leaf; it quickly coagulates on exposure to tbe air; but from one tree I was told that not more than 20 Ibs.... | |
 | 1847 - 644 oldal
...magnificent tree of fifty, or more probably 100 years' growth, is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the milky juice collected and poured into a trough formed by the hollow stem of the plantain leaf ; it quickly coagulates on exposure to the air ; but from one tree, I was told that not more than 20lbs.... | |
 | 1846 - 648 oldal
...magnificent tree of fifty, or more probably 100 years' growth, is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the milky juice collected and poured into a trough formed by the hollow stem of the planbin leaf; it quickly coagulates on exposure to the ah-; but from one tree, I • • •« told... | |
 | 1847 - 358 oldal
...magnificent tree of fifty, or more probably 100 years' growth, is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the milky juice collected and poured into a trough formed by the hollow stemof the plantain leaf; it quickly coagulates on exposure to the air; but from one tree, I was told... | |
 | 1848 - 530 oldal
...magnificent tree, of filty, or, more probably, one hundred years' growth, is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the milky juice collected and poured into a trough formed by the hollow stem of the plantain leaf; it quickly coagulates on exposure to the air; but from one tree, I was told, that not more than 20... | |
 | Jonathan Pereira - 1854 - 1248 oldal
...percha. "A magnificent tree of 5U,or more probably 100 years growth, is cut down, the bark stripped off, and the milky juice collected and poured into a trough formed by the hollow stem of the plantain leaf; it quickly coagulates on exposure to the air; but from one tree I was told that Dot more than 20 Ibs.... | |
 | Sheridan Muspratt - 1860 - 320 oldal
...ground ; a magnificent tree of fifty or one hundred years' growth was cut down, the bark stripped off, and the milky juice collected and poured into a trough...from one tree. The result was, that in the course of three and a half years, two hundred and seventy thousand trees were felled, in order to get at the... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1860 - 786 oldal
..." a magnificent tree of 50, or more probably 100 years' growth, is cut down, the bark stripped off and the milky juice collected and poured into a trough formed by the hollow stem of the plantain leaf; it quickly coagulates on exposure to the air ; but from one tree I am told not more than 201bs. or... | |
 | Harriet Bickersteth Cook - 1862 - 102 oldal
...table. A splendid tree of fifty, or perhaps a hundred years' growth, is ruthlessly felled,* and its milky juice collected and poured into a trough formed by the hollow stem of a plantain-leaf, when it quickly coagulates on being exposed to the air. In Singapore, the less wasteful... | |
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