 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, and makes it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains a tender thin crust; and the...  Four Years' Residence in the West Indies - Page 546by Frederick William N. Bayley - 1830 - 693 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Dampier - Buccaneers - 1699 - 592 pages
...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 - Australia - 1703 - 774 pages
...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... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Bounty Mutiny, 1789 - 1827 - 710 pages
...branches and dark 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...green and hard: then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind, and makes it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
 | Botany, Economic - 1829 - 446 pages
...branches, and dark 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...green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven which scorcheth the rind, and maketh it black ; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
 | Botany, Economic - 1830 - 438 pages
...branches, and dark 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...green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven which scorcheth the rind, and maketh it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 884 pages
...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... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - Bounty Mutiny, 1789 - 1831 - 400 pages
...branches and dark 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...green and hard; then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind and makes it black, but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - Bounty (Ship) - 1832 - 320 pages
...branches and dark 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...green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind and makes it black, but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...branches and dark 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...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... | |
 | 1833 - 444 pages
...branches, and dark 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...green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven which scorcheth the rind, and maketh it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
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