 | Thomas Andrew - 1842 - 728 pages
...taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for bread. They gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in...and the inside is soft, tender, and white, like the crumbs of a penny loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all a firm substance like... | |
 | Eleanor Parkinson - 1844 - 174 pages
...is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for bread. They gather it when it is full grown, while it is green and hard; then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind and maketh it black; but they scrape off the black crust, and there remains a tender thin crust ; and the... | |
 | Great exhibition, 1851 - 1853 - 372 pages
...the fruit is ripe it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guiana use it for bread. They gather it when full-grown,...green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven which singeth the rind and maketh it thick ; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
 | John Cargill Brough - 1859 - 432 pages
...and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives use it for bread. They gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven which scorcheth the rind and maketh it black ; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains a tender thin crust;... | |
 | 1866 - 476 pages
...taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Gnam use it for bread ; they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in...there remains a tender thin crust, and the inside is •oft, tender, and white, like the crumb of a penny loaf ; there is neither seed nor stono in the... | |
 | Romulus Magnus Oppman - 1867 - 484 pages
...the boughs like apples, it is as big as a penny loaf; it is of a round shape, and has a thick tough rind. When the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and soft,...green and hard; then they bake it in an oven which scorches the rind, and makes it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 428 pages
...they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard, and bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind and makes it black ; but they scrape off...black crust, and there remains a tender thin crust, with an inside soft, white, and tender, like the crumb of a penny loaf. In the inside is neither seed... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 pages
...taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for bread. They gather it, when full grown, while it is green and hard; then they bake it in an...crust ; and the inside is soft, tender, and white." The fruit lasts in season eight months. During Lord Anson's two months' stay at Tinian, no ship's bread... | |
 | 1883 - 648 pages
..."The natives of Guam use it for bread. THE YAM. The Yam has an eatable They gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven which scorcheth the rind and maketh it black ; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains a tender thin crust... | |
 | Alfred McFarland - 1884 - 276 pages
...is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for bread ; they gather it when full grown—while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind, and makes it black ; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains... | |
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The fruit grows on the boughs like apples ; it is as big as a penny-loaf when wheat is at five shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and hath a thick tough rind. When the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant.... 
