South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
 -  These trees are easily known almost two
leagues off, as they are very straight, tall and white bodied, and
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These Trees Are Easily Known Almost Two Leagues Off, As They Are Very Straight, Tall And White Bodied, And Thickest In The Middle, Having No Limbs Or Boughs, But Only A Round Bush Of Leaves At The Top.

In this top the natives bore a hole, to which they hang a bottle or empty gourd, and in this they receive the juice that runs from the tree, which is their wine.

[Footnote 238: From the indicated distance eastwards from Cape Palmas, and the description in the text, the river and point in question seem those called Tabou, in long. 7 deg. 10' W. from Greenwich. - E.]

[Footnote 239: It is hardly necessary to observe that these are very bad land-marks, being subject to alteration from many causes; besides that this description is above 250 years old. - E.]

From Cape Palmas to Cape _Tres-puntas_ or Three-points, the distance is 100 leagues east[240]; and from Cape Three-points to the port where we proposed to sell our cloth are other 40 leagues[241]. The language here, as far as I could judge, seemed to differ little from that formerly mentioned. The people likewise dress much in the same manner, or almost naked, but they were gentler in their manners and better looking. They chiefly coveted manillios and margarites, and cared very little for the rest of our wares. About 9 o'clock A.M. some boats came off to us from both towns, bringing with them some elephants teeth, and having made me swear by the water of the sea that I would do them no harm, three or four of them came on board, and we entertained them with such things as we had, of which they eat and drank as freely as ourselves.

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