 Of the many vegetables that have been mentioned already as serving them for food, the principal is the bread-fruit, to procure which costs them no trouble or labour but climbing a tree: The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously...  Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture ... - Page 161de Jamaica. Department of Agriculture - 1904Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1803 - 598 pages
...principal is the bread-fruit, to procure which costs them no trouble or labour but climbing a tree : the tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously...he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fuU fil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...principal is the bread-fruit, to procure which costs them no trouble or labour but climbing a tree: The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 pages
...principal is the bread-fruit, to procure which costs them no trouble or labour but climbing a tree: The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely nilfil his duty to his own and future... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 pages
...principal is the bread-fruit, to procure which costs them no trouble or labour but climbing a tree: The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 pages
...except climbing up a tree : the tree which produces it does not indeed grow spontaneously; but if a roan plants ten of them in his life time, which he may do in an hour, be will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of... | |
 | 1823 - 888 pages
...people no trouble or labour except climbing up a tree : the tree which produces it does not indeed grow spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in...hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his owe and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 pages
...principal is the bread-fruit, to procure which costs them no trouble or labour but climbing a tree: The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 884 pages
...principal is the bread fruit, to procure which, costs them no trouble or labour but to climb a tree. The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but, if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future... | |
 | William Bligh - 1838 - 86 pages
...principal is the bread-fruit, to procure which costs them no trouble or labour but climbing a tree. The tree which produces it does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but, if a man plants ten of them in his life-time, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 pages
...principal is the bread-fruit, to procure which costs them no trouble or labour but climbing a tree: the tree which produces it does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future... | |
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