Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 320
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… … COLLECTING PALM-TREE JUICE. rapidity. Using the rough projections of thebark as steps they lean back and mount higherand higher, at the same time lifting with a jerkymotion the band that holds them to the tree. This malafu, or palm-wine, resembles in colormilky water, is of a sweet acidulated…
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