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The produce of the bread-fruit tree can no more be considered as bread than plantains before the state of maturity, or the tuberous and amylaceous roots of the cassava, the dioscorea, the Convolvulus batatas, and the potato. The milk of the cow-tree contains, on the contrary, a caseous matter, like the milk of mammiferous animals.
The Warran in a species of Dioscorea, a sort of yam like the sweet potato.
They also dislike mustard, sauces, etc., when they first eat them, and indeed nothing can be more ludicrous than their grimaces are the first time mustard is given to them upon a piece of meat. The roots eaten by the natives belong to the following genera: Dioscorea, two species. Haemadorum, several species, as the Mene, Ngool-ya, Mudja, etc. etc. Geranium, several species.
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