 The leaf being dried is very strong and limber, and most wonderfully made for men's convenience to carry along with them, for though this leaf be thus broad when it is open, yet it will fold close like a lady's fan, and then it is no bigger than a man's...  Palms and Pearls: Or Scenes in Ceylon - Page 217by Alan Walters - 1892 - 317 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Cordiner - 1807 - 516 pages
...convenience to carry along with them; for tho' this leaf be thus broad when it is open, yet it folds close like a lady's fan, and then it is no bigger than a man's arm, and extremely light. The people cut them into pieces and carry them in their hands. The whole leaf... | |
 | William Martin Harvard - 1823 - 546 pages
...men's convenience to carry with them ; for, though the leaf be thus broad when it is open, yet it folds close, like a lady's fan ; and then it is no bigger than a man's arm, and extremely light. The people cut them * Mr. Percival relates, that some ambassadors coming to Ceylon... | |
 | 1835 - 538 pages
...convenience to carry along with them : for though this leaf be thus broad when it is open, yet it folds close, like a lady's fan, and then it is no bigger than a man's arm, and extremely light. The people cut them into pieces and carry them in their hands. The whole leaf... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 594 pages
...when it rains ;' that ' the whole leaf spread out is round almost like a circle ; but that it folds close like a lady's fan, and then it is no bigger than a man's arm, and extremely light;' and he adds, ' its yellow blossoms are most lovely to behold, but of a very strong... | |
 | John Forbes Royle - 1855 - 444 pages
...carry along with them ; for though this leaf be thus broad [enough to cover fifteen or twenty men] when it is open, yet it will fold close like a lady's...bigger than a man's arm ; it is wonderfully light." " This tree is within, a pith only; they beat it in mortars to flour, and bake cakes of it, which taste... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1870 - 404 pages
...carry along with them ; foi 'though this leaf be thus broad enough to ' cover fifteen or twenty men when it is open ' yet it will fold close like a lady's fan, anc ' then it is no bigger than a man's arm ; i ' is wonderfully light." " The bole of this ' palm... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1884 - 328 pages
...leaves are strong, limber, and wonderfully made : one of them is enough to cover nineteen or twenty men, yet it will fold close like a lady's fan, and then it is no larger than a man's arm. Imagine a home-made vegetable umbrella of that particular description ! Monroe's... | |
 | Sir George Watt - 1889 - 704 pages
...along with them; for though this leaf be thus broad (enough to cover 15 or 20 men) when :t is open, it will fold close like a lady's fan, and then it is no b'gger than a man's arm; it is wonderfully light." Roxburgh remarks the leaves " are used to tie the... | |
 | Henry William Cave - 1900 - 508 pages
...dried is very strong and limber, and most wonderfully made for men's convenience to THE FERNERY. 87 Carry along with them, for though this leaf be thus...into pieces and carry them in their hands. The whole leaf-spread is round almost like a circle, but being cut in pieces for use are near like unto a triangle... | |
 | Henry William Cave - 1900 - 504 pages
...is very strong and limber, and most wonderfully made for men's convenience to THE FERNERY. 87 irry along with them, for though this leaf be thus broad...into pieces and carry them in their hands. The whole leaf-spread is round almost like a circle, but being cut in pieces for use are near like unto a triangle... | |
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