 | Jamaica. Department of Agriculture - 1907 - 400 páginas
...children of Africa are so struck with the majesty of its appearance that they designate it the God-tree, and account it sacrilege to injure it with the axe ; so that, not unfrequently, not even fear of punishment will induce them to cut it down. Even in a state of decay, it is an object of their... | |
 | Jamaica. Department of Agriculture - 1907 - 134 páginas
...children of Africa are so struck with .the majesty of its appearance that they designate it the God-tree, and account it sacrilege to injure it with the axe ; so that, not unf requently, not even fear of punishment will induce them to cut it down. Even in a state of decay,... | |
 | Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page - 2002 - 578 páginas
...designate it the Codirte, and account it sacrilege to injure it with the axe; »o that, not (infrequently, not even the fear of punishment will induce them to...state of decay, it is an object of their superstitious fean: they regard it as consecrated to evil spirits, whose favour they seek to conciliate by offerings... | |
 | 1906 - 332 páginas
...children of Africa are so struck with the majesty of its appearance that they designate it the God-tree, and account it sacrilege to injure it with the axe ; so that, not unfrequently, not even fear of punishment will induce them to cut it down. Even in a state of decay, it is an object of their... | |
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... tree in the world has a more lofty and imposing appearance, whether overtopping its humbler companions in some woody district, or rising in solitary grandeur in some open plain. Even the untutored children of Africa are so struck with the majesty... 