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THE PALMYKA PALM, 



tnented, it becomes a very excellent wine, and the most intoxicating of all tropical 

 beverages. 



Fig. 63. The PALMYRA PALM (Borassus flabelliformis) yielding Palm Wine. 



The size of woody fibre varies from T ^ to ^u part of an inch, and is the larges 

 in hot climates, for the reasons already indicated. 



