| William Dampier - 1699 - 592 páginas
...yeJJow and foft •, and the tafte .is fweet. and pleafant. The Natives of this Ifland ufe it for An. Bread : they gather it when full grown, while it is...and hard •, then they bake it in an Oven, which fcorcheth the rind and makes it black : but they fcrape off the outfide black cruft, .and there remains... | |
| William Dampier - 1703 - 774 páginas
...and the tafte is fweet . -. .-. and the Natives of Guam. md pleaiant. The Natives of this Ifland ufe it for Bread : they gather it when full grown, while...green and hard ; then they bake it in an Oven, which fcorcheth the rind and makes it black : but they fcrape off the outfidc black cruft, and there remains... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1811 - 368 páginas
...leaves ; the fruit grows on the boughs like apples ; it is as big as a penny-loaf when wheat is at five shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and...green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind, and makes it black ; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
| Frederick William N. Bayley - 1830 - 754 páginas
...The fruit grows on the boughs, like apples ; it is as big as a penny loaf, when the wheat is at five shillings the bushel. It is of a round shape, and...green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind and makes it black, but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
| Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 884 páginas
...leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like apples ! it is as big as a penny loaf when wheat is at 6ve shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and hath a thick tough rini When the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives... | |
| Frederic William Naylor Bayley - 1830 - 1388 páginas
...The fruit grows on the boughs, like apples ; it is as big as a penny loaf, when the wheat is at five shillings the bushel. It is of a round shape, and hath a thick, tough rindWhen the fruit is ripe it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives... | |
| 1832 - 406 páginas
...leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like apples ; it is as big as a penny loaf when wheat is at five shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and...natives of Guam use it for bread. They gather it when full-grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven which scorcheth the rind, aud... | |
| 1832 - 858 páginas
...leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like apples ; it is as big as a penny loaf, when wheat is at five shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and...grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it iu an oven which scorcheth the rind, and makcth it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust,... | |
| Philip Miller - 1835 - 742 páginas
...leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like apples : it is as big as a penny loaf, when wheat is at five shillings the bushel. It is of a round shape, and...sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for brea.1 ; they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard; then they bake it in an oven,... | |
| Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 1050 páginas
...1688, ay» its fruit " is as big as a penny loaf when wheat is at bs. the bushel ; it is of n found shape, and hath a thick tough rind ; when the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and <oft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for bread. Tb<!y gather it when... | |
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