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Identifier: nouveauvoyageau03laba (find matches)
Title: Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amérique ...
Year: 1742 (1740s)
Authors: Labat, Jean-Baptiste, 1663-1738
Subjects: Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
Publisher: Paris : Ch. J.B. Delespine
Contributing Library: University of Ottawa
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ela tout couvert dépines oude pointes a(Tez longues & fortes , quilenvironnent depuis le bas jufquen haut,en manière de volutes très-régulieres.Jai iouvent admiré cet ouvrage de lanature. Les. branches & les feuilles decet arbre font plus courtes de la moitiéque celles du vrai cocos , mais elles fontplus larges & toutes heriffées dépines.La coque du fruit eft mince , peu dure ,& pleine dune fubftance blanche, mol!e& qui a un aftez mauvais goût dhuile,Cela nempêche pas que les enfansà quitout eft bon , nen mangent avec avidité»Mais la difficulté den avoir eft grande ,car il faut des échelles, & même fortlongues pour aller cueillir ces fruits , lesépines dont larbre eft heriffé , ne per-mettant pas dy monter. On trouve aftez fouvent au bord de laJ^5 mer des cocos de h grofïeur dun œuf depropics à poule ou environ. Comme on nen voitubatie quaprès quil y a eu des vents de la ban-*«* de du Sud y jai lieu de croire quils vien* Tïvn.j.pa^.l y-5
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Vrançoifes de VAmérique. 275 nentde la côte de Terre-ferme. Je nai i6y&*jamais pu. trouver dans aucune de noslues , des arbres qui en portaflent defembiables, & quelque diligence quejaye pu faire 3 je nai pu en être éclairci.On fe fert de ces cocos pour faire destabatières, avec une garniture dargent.Ils reçoivent aifement un très-beau poli,& quoi quils foient a(Tez minces, ils nelaifîent pas dêtre forts par eux-mêmes \à quoi je dois ajouter, que leur figurefpherique ny contribue pas peu. Nous avons des dattiers aux Ifles,mais en petit nombre , & cela par la né-gligence des habirans, qui fe priventd un des meilleurs jruits qui foient aumonde. Cet arbre que lon nomme aufliPalmier dans le Levant & en Barbarie, Paîmîervient à peu près comme le Cocotier. Il £* p^!ponde les branches comme une gerbe *™ » oUqui fe répandent comme un parafol en Datticr*penchant vers la terre , à mefure que lecentre en pouffe de nouvelles -, elles fontaffez fembiables

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  • bookyear:1742
  • bookdecade:1740
  • bookcentury:1700
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  • booksubject:Labat__Jean_Baptiste__1663_1738
  • bookpublisher:Paris___Ch__J_B__Delespine
  • bookcontributor:University_of_Ottawa
  • booksponsor:University_of_Toronto
  • bookleafnumber:317
  • bookcollection:universityofottawa
  • bookcollection:toronto
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