 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1846 - 650 pages
...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...produce in moderate quantities for many years; but this mode is too slow for the natives. Besides, although the first discoverer of a tree might be inclined... | |
 | 1846 - 586 pages
...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. or 30 Ibs. are procured. _j 4 I believe, however, that the juice may be obtained by tapping the tree, and that it might thus... | |
 | 1846 - 648 pages
...the planbin leaf; it quickly coagulates on exposure to the ah-; but from one tree, I • • •« told that not more than 20 Ibs. or 30 Ibs. are procured....produce in moderate quantities for many years; but this mode is too slow for the natives. Besides, although the first discoverer of a tree might be inclined... | |
 | 1847 - 644 pages
...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...; but from one tree, I was told that not more than 20lbs. or 30lbs. are procured. I believe, however, that the juice may be obtained by tapping the tree,... | |
 | 1848 - 530 pages
...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...that not more than 20 Ibs. or 30 Ibs. are procured." There is little doubt that some better plan will be thought of, however: by tapping the tree at particular... | |
 | 1918 - 798 pages
...poured in a trough formed by the hollow stem of the plantain leaf; it quickly coagulates oncxponie to the air ; but from one tree, I was told, that not more this twenty pounds or thirty pounds are procured." TUB CHINESE JINK. — This strange visiter, which... | |
 | Jonathan Pereira - 1854 - 1248 pages
...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. or 30 Ibs. are procured," (Montgomerie.) 1 It is extensively imported in blocks,... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1860 - 786 pages
...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 SOlbs. are procured." The mode in which the natives obtain the gutta... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1867 - 918 pages
...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 20lbs. or SOlbs. are procured." The mode in which the natives obtain the gutta... | |
 | 1847 - 636 pages
...coagulates on exposure to the air j but from one tree, I was told that not more " than 20lbs. or 30lbs. are procured. I believe, however, that the juice may...produce in moderate quantities for many years ; but this mode is too slow for the natives. Besides, although the first discoverer of a tree might be inclined... | |
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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 the air; but... 