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Li 1787. “ a flight fweetnefs fpmewhat refemblkig that o f thetcrumb
December» « Gf ^beaten bread mixed.with a Jerufalem artichoke.”»,
P. 80, 81. See alfo the.plate there and at'p. 252.
“ OP the many vegetables that haye been' mentioned al-
“ ready as ferving them for fbad, the principal is tfye»bread-
fruit, to procure which; coftscthem no trouble, qr -labour
“ but climbing a tree. Thetree which produces it .does not
“ indeed fhoot up fpontaneoufLy j hut, i f a mart plants- ten
gj o f them .in, his life-time, which .he -may do in about" art
“ hour, he will as completely fulfil-his- duty ,to his^bwn
•Sj and future generations as the. native o f our fefs-temperate
<< climate can do by ploughing, in the ...cold winter,, and
“ reaping in the fummer’s heat,, as often as thqfe feafdns
“ return; even if, after he has. procured ore'ad for his pre-
\ “ fent houfehold, he fhould-convert a furplus into», money,
« and lay it up,for his children.
~*r It is true, indeed, that the breadrfruit fe-frot always in
“ feafon; but" cocoa-nuts, bananas,”plantains, and agFeav
“ variety of other fruits, fupply the deficiency.” Pi 197'f
TLxtraE} from the account of CaptainiCo&k's lajluFoyagetr
IN T H E S 'O C rE T Y I'STL A f t B & .' |
“ I (Captain Cook) haye inquired yery, carefully into their
Sj manner of cultivating the bread-fruit tree at Ot'aheite ;
“ but Was always anfwered, that they never planted it.:
“ This, indeed, rauft be evident to every one who wiH exa-
“ mine the places where the young trees come up. ‘It will
“ be always ohferved, that they1 fpring from the roots of
“ the old onesj which run along near the furface' of- the
“ ground. So that the bread-fruit trees may he reckoned
“ thofe
T H » # S O U T H 'p Ê; A S', ' &c.
a thofe that would naturally' cover the piains, even fuppof-
fffing.that thq ifland wasmot inhabited; in the fame mail-
-Vftier that therWbïïfe-ba'rked fbtind at Van Diemen’s
“ Land, cp h ifjti^ the forofts tl^r^;j:And' from this we
“ may obferve, ■ that the inhkbitan^ of’’ Otaheifê, inftead of
« being ;iSligéd-tó pl^nf ^sy^ead» Will rather be under the
«mdcèffity o f preVehfirtgdls'progréfs'; Which, I fuppofe, is
“ rthmotimes. done,' To »give room for 4reos^0f ahother1 fort, to
,“ afford him fóme variety in his*,ïö'öd:” | 'Vol. Ilbp. 145. |
g■ i n;:’5t h e S’a ctirn-i s>-A n.d sdm
i i mÊ
D e c em b e r .
« T ïfÈ ; ifhead-fruit? trêêsrarê.'
« ^re a^'«lhxuri^^rom t •”—“
rife' almO-fr'“ peVpèrtdicularly in. a great; VaTTe^'q f peaked'
“ -förmsj theiryftëep fidesf and the deep ‘ cha i^^ e'tye eii
“ ' them ?aré ^^^è&^ith''tmës^aWó^tt Which thofe of the ,
“ ^ïèad-^ffilit Ver^'bbfef'vfed^artifcuiarly. to abound.” „Vól.
III. p.'io5and nij.»Containing Capiai^K'irig’s W'arrative. _-^
1 “ THE clifiiatl^fthd Saridwïcè IfidWiitfe ts Q B M
« from'^hft^’^Pthe4 V e f t ïhdid 'Iflaiidi4, which W[frt tM
^fame:taiiïuie. -'ÜpotfthWwffÈC rf>èrfiap‘S ,'it^ a ^ b e V ^
“ ther rrt'ofe tenapelafe.” 1 ^aptain Kirfg,,ib. p. 116:
“ T H'E breard^ff u¥t trees 'thrive in* irhfefèriflands, not in füch'
i l dbundartcé/bht' pf odhdpdbtrblë' the qhihtity o f frrtit they
«, ‘do óh' the rïchplains ofOtaheite.’ ‘ The trees^are nearlyof
U’ the fame height, but thé branched begin to ftrihéóut from
“ the trank much lower, and with’ greater luxrtriance.’*
Capt.\fcihg,4 b. p. iool
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