The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Volume 10J. Walker, 1803 |
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Page 134
... skin of these latter is hard and dry , and their pith void of juice , whereas the skin of the sugar - cane is soft , and the spungy matter or pith it contains is very juicy , though in a greater or less degree according to the goodness ...
... skin of these latter is hard and dry , and their pith void of juice , whereas the skin of the sugar - cane is soft , and the spungy matter or pith it contains is very juicy , though in a greater or less degree according to the goodness ...
Page 151
... skin rises up in blisters that will require a long time to heal . Formerly no one dared to cut down these trees , without first making a large fire round them , in order to burn the bark , and , dry up the juices that fly from them in ...
... skin rises up in blisters that will require a long time to heal . Formerly no one dared to cut down these trees , without first making a large fire round them , in order to burn the bark , and , dry up the juices that fly from them in ...
Page 158
... skin . This causes their faces to swell , grow black , and the skin being thus poisoned comes off entirely in flakes in five or six days ; so that they cannot appear in public for a fortnight at least , but then they have got a new skin ...
... skin . This causes their faces to swell , grow black , and the skin being thus poisoned comes off entirely in flakes in five or six days ; so that they cannot appear in public for a fortnight at least , but then they have got a new skin ...
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