. The book of Ceylon; being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the vistor and tourist . 309. COCOANUT 310. BASKET CAGES FOR SOAKING THE HUSKS. THE BOOK OF CEVLOX 221 vessels. Ht- fences his little plot of chillies, tobacco and fine Main Linegrain, with the leaf stalks. The infant is swung to sleep in a/im>;< rude net of coir-string made from the husk of the fruit; itsmeal of rice and scraped cocoanut is boiled over a fire of cocoa- iscso/thenut shells and husks, and is eaten off a dish formed of the ^^plaited green leaves of the t
. The book of Ceylon; being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the vistor and tourist . 309. COCOANUT 310. BASKET CAGES FOR SOAKING THE HUSKS. THE BOOK OF CEVLOX 221 vessels. Ht- fences his little plot of chillies, tobacco and fine Main Linegrain, with the leaf stalks. The infant is swung to sleep in a/im>;< rude net of coir-string made from the husk of the fruit; itsmeal of rice and scraped cocoanut is boiled over a fire of cocoa- iscso/thenut shells and husks, and is eaten off a dish formed of the ^^plaited green leaves of the tree with a spoon cut out of thenut-shell. When he goes fishing by torch-light his net is ofcocoanut fibre, the torch or chule is a bundle of dried cocoanutleaves and flower-stalks; the little canoe is the trunk of thecocoa-palm tree, hollowed by his own hands. He carries homehis net and string of fish on a yoke, or pingo, formed of acocoanut stalk. When he is thirsty, he drinks of the freshjuice of the young nut; wiien he is hungry, he eats its softkernel. If he have a mind to be merry, he sips a glass ofarrack, distilled from the fermented juice,
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