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... Palms O E. V. B. · • Guido and the Wheat Savages of the Plant World Green Things Growing Ants and Their Slaves How to Fight Robbers · RICHARD JEFFERIES • • • E. V. B. • • • DINAH MARIA MULOCK ADAPTED FROM MICHELET O • · EMILY HUNTINGTON ...
... Palms O E. V. B. · • Guido and the Wheat Savages of the Plant World Green Things Growing Ants and Their Slaves How to Fight Robbers · RICHARD JEFFERIES • • • E. V. B. • • • DINAH MARIA MULOCK ADAPTED FROM MICHELET O • · EMILY HUNTINGTON ...
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... PALMS THE Arab under his date palm , the Pacific Islander under his cocoanut tree and the Bra- zilian under the sheltering leaves of his banana , are three fortunate men ; for as long as these trees endure , they will supply their ...
... PALMS THE Arab under his date palm , the Pacific Islander under his cocoanut tree and the Bra- zilian under the sheltering leaves of his banana , are three fortunate men ; for as long as these trees endure , they will supply their ...
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Elizabeth Virginia Brown. they cannot claim relationship with the lofty palms . The date palm is the " staff of life " in south- western Asia and northern Africa . Wealth in those countries is measured by the num- ber of palm trees a man ...
Elizabeth Virginia Brown. they cannot claim relationship with the lofty palms . The date palm is the " staff of life " in south- western Asia and northern Africa . Wealth in those countries is measured by the num- ber of palm trees a man ...
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... palm wine ; the seeds are roasted and used instead of coffee , and are ground for the sake of Houses are built of the palm wood , their oil . COCOANUT PALM a very tall man . and thatched with its leaves ; rope is made from the bark ...
... palm wine ; the seeds are roasted and used instead of coffee , and are ground for the sake of Houses are built of the palm wood , their oil . COCOANUT PALM a very tall man . and thatched with its leaves ; rope is made from the bark ...
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... to many When the nut is green , it is full of " cocoa- nut milk , " one to two pints in each nut . Its thick white meat is eaten either fresh or cooked , uses . but it is the oil that is considered the most TWO NOBLE PALMS 57.
... to many When the nut is green , it is full of " cocoa- nut milk , " one to two pints in each nut . Its thick white meat is eaten either fresh or cooked , uses . but it is the oil that is considered the most TWO NOBLE PALMS 57.
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