pimento-tree

Updated: July 21, 2026

He occupied himself, however, in building two huts with pimento-trees, which he covered with long grass, and lined with the skins of goats he had killed with his gun. He had, however, but a pound of powder, and when that was nearly expended he produced fire by rubbing two sticks of pimento-tree on his knee.

Henry Frith - Notable Voyagers: From Columbus to Nordenskiold