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Pagina 260 - And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised : three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you : it shall not be eaten of.
Pagina 169 - Potatoe, which was used in England, as a delicacy, long before the introduction of our Potatoes ; it was imported in considerable quantities from Spain, and the Canaries, and was supposed to possess the power of restoring decayed vigour. The
Pagina 97 - ... thrown down. The young man punctually obeyed his instructions in every particular, and soon had the pleasure of seeing the green plumes of his sky visitor shooting up through the ground. He carefully weeded the earth, and kept it...
Pagina 96 - A young man went out into the woods to fast, at the period of life when youth is exchanged for manhood. He built a lodge of boughs in a secluded place, and painted his face of a sombre hue. By day he amused himself in walking about, looking...
Pagina 96 - By day he amused himself in walking about, looking at the various shrubs and wild plants, and at night he lay down in his bower, which being open, he could look up into the sky. He sought a gift from the Master of Life, and he hoped it would be something to benefit his race. On the third day he became too weak to leave the lodge, and as he lay gazing upwards he saw a spirit come down in the shape of a beautiful young man, dressed in green and having green plumes on his head, who told him to arise...
Pagina 48 - As early as the year 1617, the swine had multiplied so rapidly in the colony, that the people were obliged to palisade Jamestown, to prevent being overrun with them. In 1627, the Indians, near the settlement, fed upon hogs which had become wild, instead of game. Every family in Virginia at that time, who had not an abundance of tame hogs and poultry, was considered very poor. In 1648, some of the settlers had a good stock of bees. In 1657, sheep and mares were forbidden to be exported from the province....
Pagina 27 - Vernon in about the year 1788. The General bred some very superior mules from his coach mares, sending them from Philadelphia for the purpose. In a few years, the estate of Mount Vernon became stocked with mules of a superior order, rising to the height of sixteen hands, and of great power and usefulness — one wagon team of four mules selling, at the sale of the General's effects, for $800.
Pagina 97 - ... there was an entire corn-field, of considerable size, representing the maize in its exact and natural shape ; a proof no less of the wealth of the Incas than of their veneration for this important grain. In further...
Pagina 292 - was so well stocked," says Pliny, " that in less than twenty-six years after, other lands had cherries, even as far as Britain beyond the Ocean.
Pagina 295 - Quinces not only yield pleasure, but health." He speaks of three kinds : the "Struthian," the "Must Quince," and the "Orange Quince." Pliny mentions many kinds, some growing wild in Italy, and others in cultivation, so large that they weighed the boughs on which they grew down to the ground. He also says that some were of a green and others of a golden color, the latter of which were called chrysomela.