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smer, the sap of which much resembles curdled milk, and 
a nor els a salubrious nourishment.” 
Amidst the great number of curious phenomena which I 
have observed m the course of my travels, I confess there 
are few that have made so powerful an impression on me 
as the aspect of the cow-tree. Whatever relates to milk 
or to corn, inspires an interest which is not merely that 
anotW P & Cal i JI T ledge of things, but is connected with 
concede h™ *? and sentiui ™ts. We can scarcely 
ceous snhsfo 1U 1 mar . 1 , race could exist without far in a- 
the breast f C +t,’ ail< t ^thout that nourisliing juice which 
Priated to ti “r m Contains - ™d which is appro- 
piiatea to the long ieebleness of the infant. The amv- 
amoZsomanv the otject ° f religious generation 
the seeds aS 'Tj™ 1 ? aml modem > is diffused in 
, - and deposited in the roots of vegetables • milk 
Sdieixzr, to -saS 
I auce oi animal organization. Such are the impressions 
the smfLa ofthnt “ . 0U F , earliest infancy: such is also 
, ur . ce e, teat astonishment created by the asoect of 
5 ftS"‘ ft d r ,ibed « 14 » ”* 
its foliage. Its branches -A nr. 1 Sln gle shower moistens 
the trunk is piS t wTe r and Med; bl,t " hen 
ing milk It fat the .;!- !• I 1 , 0 ™ a sweet a " d nourish- 
rf .»» » »I ,SfnS g T1,‘, I,0 „“ ,‘ h! tS a r ,abIe 
at its surface s k ’ wblch , grows yellow, and thickens 
itself, others carrv tfo- e “ Pt / the f b<wls Y nder the tre « 
y the juice home to their children. 
juice which soon n !fmri nte r S i there are some w]licl1 pour out a milky 
also others that give out »*r ’ affo, ' din B a pleasant odour ; and 
they eat at meals *1 “'“f, w ^ lch coagulates like cheese, and which 
taliura, lib. ig. 1 an y dl effects). Descriiitio Indiarum Oocidoi- 
v OL. li. 
