 ... embalms the bodies of the dead. The noble trunk itself is far from being valueless. Sawn into posts, it upholds the islander's dwelling; converted into charcoal, it cooks his food; and supported on blocks of stone, rails in his lands. He impels his...  The book of object lessons, a teacher's manual - Side 27af W. J. Lake - 1858 - 156 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Herman Melville - 1847 - 348 sider
...converted into charcoal, it cooks his food ; and supported on blocks of stones, rails in his lands. He impels his canoe through the water with a paddle...battle with clubs and spears of the same hard material. In pagan Tahiti, a cocoa-nut branch was the symbol of regal authority. Laid upon the sacrifice in the... | |
 | 1850 - 492 sider
...converted into charcoal, it cooks his food ; and supported on blocks of stone, rails in his lands. He impels his canoe through the water with a paddle...battle with clubs and spears of the same hard material. " In pagan Tahiti, a cocoa-nut branch was the symbol of regal authority. Laid upon the sacrifice in... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1850 - 492 sider
...charcoal, it cooks his food ; and supported on blocks of stone, rails in his lands- He impels his canae through the water with a paddle of the wood, and goes...battle with clubs and spears of the same hard material. In pagan Tahiti a cocoa-nut branch was the symbol of regal authority. Laid upon the sacrifice in the... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1851 - 446 sider
...charcoal, it cooks his food; and, supported on blocks of stone, rails in his lands. He impels his canoes through the water with a paddle of the wood, and goes...with clubs and spears of the same hard material." The fruit-bearing powers of the cocoa palm are not surpassed by any tree of the kind in the kingdom... | |
 | Caoutchouc - 1852 - 218 sider
...; converted into charcoal, it cooks his food; and supported in blocks of stone, rails in his lauds. He impels his canoe through the water with a paddle...with clubs and spears of the same hard material." Well might Linnajus call this family the vegetable princes, and justly might the cocoa-palm wear the... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 sider
...converted into charcoal, it cooks his food ; and supported on blocks of stone, rails in his lands. He impels his canoe through the water with a paddle...with clubs and spears of the same hard material." Well might Linnaeus call this family the vegetable princes, and justly might the cocoa-palm wear the... | |
 | W. J. Lake - 1858 - 182 sider
...England). " Its (ie the cocoa-nut palm's) very aspect is imposing. Asserting its supremacy by an erect "id noble bearing, it may be said to compare with other...powdered coffee, will serve to introduce the lesson. I. Description of the Tree and its Produce. The tree : straight trunk ; height, fifteen feet, kept... | |
 | George French Angas - 1866 - 500 sider
...converted into charcoal, it cooks his food ; and, supported on blocks of coral, it rails in his lands. He impels his canoe through the water with a paddle...the wood, and goes to battle with clubs and spears made of the same material." A considerable trade in cocoa-nut oil is carried on amongst the islands.... | |
 | William Hughes - 1868 - 346 sider
...cooks his food; ar. supported on blocks of stone, rails Li his lands. He impels his canoe throiithe water with a paddle of the wood, and goes to battle with clubs and sjieai; the same hard material." The date-palm flourishes ill Sicily, and on the rock of Malta. The... | |
 | John Yeats - 1870 - 486 sider
...dwelling; converted into charcoal it cooks his food ; and supported on blocks of stone, rails in his lands. He impels his canoe through the water with a paddle...with clubs and spears of the same hard material."* The cocoa-nut palm grows by the sea-side in most tropical countries, and is usually the first plant... | |
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