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I remember better than any orchard, grove, or wood I have ever entered or seen, do I remember that shady oasis of trees at my new home on the illimitable grassy plain. Up till now I had never lived with trees excepting those twenty-five I have told about and that other one which was called el arbol because it was the only tree of its kind in all the land.
On the way back to the village, we visited the arbol huerfano orphan tree a cypress, so called because it is the only tree of its kind in this district. Quechol says that a long line of such trees, at a distance of several leagues apart, was planted by the Spaniards, and he and the villagers mentioned a number of them in different places.
So ends his voyage, in which, he says, 'from myself I have deserved no thanks, for I am returned a beggar and withered. The only thing which, as far as I can find, he brought home was some of the delicious scaly peaches of the Moriche palm the Arbol de Vida, or tree of life, which gives sustenance and all else needful to whole tribes of Indians.
But water is scarce, and the Arbol Santo, a sort of gigantic laurel standing alone on a rocky ledge, did actually supply two cisterns, one for men and the other for cattle. The morning mist condensing on the innumerable smooth leaves ran off and was caught in suitable conduits.
The milk they procured from a tree which grew in the woods close by, and a tree so singular and celebrated, that you have no doubt heard of it before now. It was the palo de vaca, or "cow-tree," called sometimes by an equally appropriate name arbol del leche, or "milk-tree."
The milk they procured from a tree which grew in the woods close by, and a tree so singular and celebrated, that you have no doubt heard of it before now. It was the palo de vaca, or "cow-tree," called sometimes by an equally appropriate name arbol del leche, or "milk-tree."
Sparke was lost in wonder over the famous Arbol Santo tree of Ferro, 'by the dropping whereof the inhabitants and cattle are satisfied with water, for other water they have none on the island. This is not quite the traveller's tale it appears to be. There are three springs on the island of Teneriffe.
From the curious candella-tree, called by the Spaniards arbol de la manteca, by the Indians cuajo, he obtains tallow for candles and excellent oil for lamps, and a beverage which is made from its fruit. The cow-tree supplies a milk in appearance like that of the animal from which it takes its name, but thicker.
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