Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Band 5,Teil 1Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, 1824 List of members in v. 1, with continuations in v. 2-7. "History of the society" in v. 2-7. |
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Seite 49 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Seite 123 - When it is intended to distil arrack from suri, the toddy-drawers seldom change or clean the pots into which it is received ; hence the juice soon ferments, and emits an acid smell. In a half fermented state, suri is much relished by some Europeans. When it has become, by fermentation, highly intoxicating, the European soldiers, and the dissipated portion of the natives, drink it freely. To render this beverage acrid, the soldiers occasionally add green chillies ( Capsicum frutexcens) to it.
Seite 110 - This species of the Palm family has its. habitat in intertropical Asia, Australia, America, and Africa. It is by some authors said to have in ancient times been cultivated in Arabia, but NIEBUHR informs us that it is not found to the north of Mocha. Like all other equinoctial plants, the Coco-nut tree becomes less luxuriant as we approach the Tropics. At the suggestion of Mr DUNLOP, who lately, in so able a manner, superintended the work now in progress, to clear...
Seite 129 - Islands, but a foreign one, gula (perhnps a corruption of goor, sweet) ; and this foreign one is pure Sanscrit. When Europeans first became acquainted with the natives of these islands, they found them ignorant of the manufacture of sugar from the" cane. The Hindoo word gula (sometimes written gour) is indeed equally applicable to palm sugar, as to that of the cane. I therefore suppose that the Hindoos instructed the Indian islanders only in the simple process of manufacturing the former. and that...
Seite 133 - KOSTEB with six pounds weight of coir. The next operation is to twist the fibres into yarns, which are manufactured into cordage of all sizes. Coir is remarkably buoyant, and well suited for ropes of a large diameter. Until chain-cables were introduced, all the ships which navigated the Indian seas had cables made of this substance.
Seite 109 - ... rarely abundant before the eighth or ninth year. It continues to yield fruit for sixty or seventy years. In good soils, and particularly during wet seasons, the tree blossoms every four or five weeks ; hence there are generally fresh flowers and ripe nuts on the tree at the same time. There are commonly from five to fifteen nuts in a bunch ; and in good soils, a tree may produce from eight to twelve bunches, or from 80 to 100 nuts annually.
Seite 119 - THUNBERG mistook the use of these leaves, and supposed that they supplied " the place of ladders, by means of which the natives could climb up, and gather the fruit *." In warm climates, it is customary to travel during night, with the view of avoiding the influence of an ardent sun. Torches then become necessary, and coco-nut leaves are chiefly employed for this purpose. By tying the leaflets close to the centre-rib of a leaf, the ignition is prevented from being too rapid.
Seite 120 - When burned, the coco-nut tree, especially the leaves afford a large proportion of potash. The caste of washermen avail themselves of this quality, and procure all the potash they require by the incineration of different parts of the tree. Soap is very little used by the native washermen in Ceylon. Boats are rowed with the centre-rib of the leaf, in which operation it forms a substitute for paddles. The end of this part of the leaf is sometimes well bruised, and thereby converted into a brush, that...
Seite 110 - ... where the tree will grow, and perhaps produce ripe nuts. The Coco tree occupies, therefore, a zone of 25° of latitude on both sides of the equator, which includes nearly four-fifths of Africa, one-sixth of Asia, one-third of America, and excludes Europe. It may be remarked, that trees which grow on the immediate neighbourhood of the sea are much more luxuriant and productive than those which are planted inland or upon elevated situations. The cause of this degeneration is not very evident, it...