. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. Fig. 33. An avenue of royal palms in Cuba. The nuts are very small,but are borne in large clusters. The leaf-sheaths are used for the sidesand partitions of houses, and also for baling tobacco. The Trees in the Yard 9i thatch palm and the silver thatch palm, were ar-ranged about the yard, singly or in clumps, evident-ly planted there for ornament; while the southernpalmetto, or cabbage palm, was mostly found inthe fields. The boys had heard that its young leaf-buds were good to eat, but they hated to cut down ,%?
. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. Fig. 33. An avenue of royal palms in Cuba. The nuts are very small,but are borne in large clusters. The leaf-sheaths are used for the sidesand partitions of houses, and also for baling tobacco. The Trees in the Yard 9i thatch palm and the silver thatch palm, were ar-ranged about the yard, singly or in clumps, evident-ly planted there for ornament; while the southernpalmetto, or cabbage palm, was mostly found inthe fields. The boys had heard that its young leaf-buds were good to eat, but they hated to cut down ,%?-, W* WX: ^yiV/». y^^^^Mt i: > .:: . 1, *.•?»• - . stea, ? • .. Fig. 34. A Cuban hut made entirely of royal palm. the beautiful trees for the buds alone, and the mon-key could not be induced to gather them, since theywere not mentioned in his text-book of botany. Hehad no difficulty with cocoanuts, because his ownface was stamped on the end of each one of them. <;2 Three Young Crusoes.
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