THE PALO DE VACA, OR COW-TREE OF BRAZIL.


This is one of the most remarkable trees in the forests of Brazil.
During several months in the year when no rain falls, and its branches
are dead and dried up, if the trunk be tapped, a sweet and nutritious
milk exudes. The flow is most abundant at sunrise. Then, the natives
receive the milk into large vessels, which soon grows yellow and
thickens on the surface. Some drink plentifully of it under the tree,
others take it home to their children. One might imagine he saw a
shepherd distributing the milk of his flock. It is used in tea and
coffee in place of common milk. The cow-tree is one of the largest in
the Brazilian forests, and is used in ship-building.

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_Just Published, Price 6d. Paper Cover,_

CHAMBERS'S POCKET MISCELLANY: forming a LITERARY COMPANION for the
RAILWAY, the FIRESIDE, or the BUSH.

VOLUME III.

To be continued in Monthly Volumes.

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