Through South America's southland; with an account of the Roosevelt Scientific Expedition to South America . Parasite-Laden Palmares in Inundated Territory. I THE HOME OF BIRDS AND PALMS larly useful for thatching houses, for they resist the burn-ing sun and the heavy downpours of the tropics for twentyyears and more. But there are still other species of palm which supplyso many of the wants of the natives that they are deserv-edly called as arvores da vida—the trees of life. Amongthese are the mority, the burity, and the carnauba. Eachof these, like the coco-palm by the Indian Sea, on
Through South America's southland; with an account of the Roosevelt Scientific Expedition to South America . Parasite-Laden Palmares in Inundated Territory. I THE HOME OF BIRDS AND PALMS larly useful for thatching houses, for they resist the burn-ing sun and the heavy downpours of the tropics for twentyyears and more. But there are still other species of palm which supplyso many of the wants of the natives that they are deserv-edly called as arvores da vida—the trees of life. Amongthese are the mority, the burity, and the carnauba. Eachof these, like the coco-palm by the Indian Sea, on theisles of balm, of which Whittier sings, is to the childrenof the tropical forests A gift divine,Wherein all uses of man combine,—House and raiment and food and wine. How hard would not be the lot of the traveler in theequinoctial regions were it not for the ubiquitous palm!Its hidden reservoirs furnish a delicious beverage; itsfruits and tender terminal leaves, wholesome and palatablefood; its broad fronds can in a moment be converted intoa mayary, under which one finds shelter from the heaviestrainstorm. The Prince o
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