 | Bibliography - 1739 - 474 pages
...Fortnight, at the rate of three Quarts or a Gallon a Day ; after which the Quantity daily diminifheth, and, at the End of fix Weeks or two Months, the Juices are entirely confumed, the Tree becomes dry, ferving only for Fire-wood or Timber. This Liquor, which hath a more lufcious Sweetnefs than Honey,... | |
 | Thomas Shaw - Africa, North - 1757 - 590 pages
...four quarts a day, during the firft week or fortnight ; after which the quantity daily diminifhes, and, at the end of fix weeks or two months, the juices...ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving by diilillation an agreeable fpirit or ardky, according to the general name of diefe people for ail hot... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Nature in the Bible - 1824 - 474 pages
...(says Dr. Shaw), which has a more luscious sweetness than honey, is of the consistence of a thin sirup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving by distillation, an agreeable spirit, or ardky, according to the general name of these people for all... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...rustica, lib. iv. 1 Shaw's Trav. vol. i, p. 261. than honey, is of the consistence of a thin syrup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving by distillation an agreeable spirit, — the Aaraky of the natives, and the palm wine of the natural historian.1... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Bible - 1833 - 394 pages
...(says Dr. Shaw), which has a more luscious sweetness than honey, is of the consistence of a thin sirup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving, by distillation, an agreeable spirit, or aruky, ac.cording to the general name of these people for all... | |
 | John Farrar - Bible - 1852 - 692 pages
...says Dr. Shaw, ' which has a more luscious sweetness han honey, is of the consistence of a hin syrup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving, by distillation, an agreeable spirit, or ardky, according o the general name for hot liquors, ex:racted... | |
 | William Rhind - Botany - 1857 - 874 pages
...This liquor, which has a more luscious sweetness than honey, is of the consistence of a thin syrup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality ; and giving by distillation an agreeable spirit. This is called Arâky by the natives, and is the palm wine of the... | |
 | John Duns - 1863 - 720 pages
...This liquor, which has a more luscious sweetness than honey, is of the consistence of a thin syrup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving by distillation an agreeable spirit or ardky, according to the general name of these people for all hot... | |
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... only for timber or firewood. This liquor, which has a more luscious sweetness than honey, is of the consistence of a thin syrup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving by distillation an agreeable spirit or... 