Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 320
ft in the palm-tree. Its branches form a can-opy to shelter the village huts from the noon-day sun; with its leaves the houses are thatched;and the Congo kitchen would be devoid of itschief means of flavor and delicacy if deprivedof the mUla, or palm-fruit. And it plays aneven more important part.… … ANT HILL, MADE BV WHITE-ANTS. tapping the tree at its very top. Holes arebored to the heart of the palm-tree, and gourdsare attached. Into these the juice flows, and thegourds are collected by the natives, -who climbup the trunk of the tree by means of a band ofleather or cane which encircles…
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