| William Ellis - 1829 - 574 pages
...leaf fall, then the large scales of the flower, then a small unripe fruit, afterwards one full-grown and ripe. By this time it was daylight ; she awoke...detail once or twice from the mouth of the natives, but it is too absurd to demand attention or afford information. It was probably invented by some priest,... | |
| William Ellis - 1831 - 446 pages
...the participants in his F2 bounty. Such, however, was the melancholy fact. Although "the soiluntill'd Pour'd forth spontaneous and abundant harvests, The...roast and eat the fruit of the tree growing before them.—This is only a brief outline of the tradition which the natives give of the origin of the bread-fruit.... | |
| William Ellis - 1831 - 448 pages
...dead, take my body, separate it, plant my head in one place, my heart and stomach in another, (fee. and then come into the house and wait. When you shall...as a specimen of the natives' faculty of invention, it is ill adapted to afford information. It was probably invented by some priest, to uphold the influence... | |
| William Ellis - 1832 - 446 pages
...said, " How will you become food ?" He answered, " I will pray to my LEGEND OF THE BREAD-FRUIT. 69 god ; he has power, and he will enable me to do it."...as a specimen of the natives' faculty of invention, it is ill adapted to afford information. It was probably invented by some priest, to uphold the influence... | |
| William Ellis - 1833 - 342 pages
...take the first to the family god, and to the king ; to eat no more red earth, but to roast and eat-the fruit of the tree growing before them. This is only...and I wrote it out in detail once or twice from the mouths of the natives ; but though not unpleasant as a specimen of the natives' faculty of invention,... | |
| James Greenwood - 1863 - 478 pages
...and afterwards one fullgrown and ripe. By this time it was daylight. She awoke her son, and took Tiim out, and they beheld a large and handsome tree clothed...and eat the fruit of the tree growing before them. Bread-fruit Tree. The bread-fruit is seen in regular forests, and in a great number of varieties, which... | |
| James Greenwood - 1863 - 448 pages
...She awoke her son, and took him out, and they beheld a large and handsome tree clothed with tiroad shining leaves, and loaded with bread-fruit. She directed...and eat the fruit of the tree growing before them. c* '''.'/'? J ' Bread- fruit Tree. The bread-fruit is seen in regular forests, and in a great number... | |
| James Greenwood - 1863 - 438 pages
...loaded with bread-fruit. She direc ither a number, take the first to the family god and to the ] > more red earth, but to roast and eat the fruit of the tr fore them. Bread-fruit Trce. e bread-fruit is seen in regular forests, and in a great ies, which... | |
| James Greenwood (journalist.) - 1878 - 510 pages
...handsome tree clothed with broad shining leaves, and loaded with bread-fruit. She directed him fco gather a number, take the first to the family god...earth, but to roast and eat the fruit of the tree before them. \ Bread-fruit Tree. The bread-fruit is seen in regular forests, and in a great nnmfeer... | |
| James Greenwood - 1879 - 474 pages
...bread-fruit. She directed him t» gather a number, take the first to the family god and to the king, to e»t no more red earth, but to roast and eat the fruit of the tree before them. Bread-fruit Tree. The bread-fruit is seen in regular forests, and in a great nnmter of... | |
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