 | 1835 - 748 páginas
...of the trunk with a large stick; they then strip off the outer leaves and cut away the inner ones, leaving about an inch and a half of the white tender portion joining the trunk; this portion they eat raw or roasted ; and it is far from disagreeable in flavour,... | |
 | 1835 - 750 páginas
...of the trunk with a large stick ; they then strip off" the outer leaves and cut away the inner ones, leaving about an inch and a half of the white tender portion joining the trunk; this portion they eat raw or roasted ; and it is far from disagreeable in flavour,... | |
 | 1842 - 450 páginas
...of the trunk with a large stick ; then they stript off the outer leaves and cut away the inner ones, leaving about an inch and a half of the white tender portion joining the trunk : this portion they ate raw or roasted ; and it is far from disagreeable in flavour,... | |
 | James Backhouse - 1843 - 768 páginas
...of the trunk with a large stick ; they then strip off the outer leaves and cut away the inner ones, leaving about an inch and a half of the white tender portion, joining the trunk : this portion they eat raw or roasted ; and it is far from disagreeable in flavour,... | |
 | John Lindley - 1853 - 1076 páginas
...of the trunk with a large stick ; they then strip off the outer leaves and cut away the inmr. ones, leaving about an inch and a half of the white tender portion, joining the trunk : this portion they eat raw or roasted ; and it is far from disagreeable in flavour,... | |
 | John Lindley - 1853 - 1066 páginas
...of the trunk with a large stick ; they then strip off the outer leaves and cut away the inmr. ones, leaving about an inch and a half of the white tender portion, joining the trunk : this portion they eat raw or roasted ; and it is far from disagreeable in flavour,... | |
 | Mary Kirby - 1857 - 396 páginas
...of the trunk with a large stick. They then strip off the outer leaves, and cut away the inner ones, leaving about an inch and a half of the white tender portion joining the trunk. This portion they eat raw or roasted, and it is very nice in flavour, having a milky... | |
 | Joseph Henry Maiden - 1899 - 74 páginas
...of the trunk with a large stick ; then they stript off the outer leaves and cut away the inner ones, leaving about an inch and a half of the white tender portion joining the trunk ; this portion they ate raw or roasted, and it is far from disagreeable in flavour,... | |
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The base of the inner leaves of the grass tree (Xanthorrhce^a arborea) is not to be despised by the hungry. The aborigines beat off the heads of these singular plants by striking them about the top of the trunk with a large stick; they then strip off... 