Word: coconut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seem to care where you place the flora of Africa as to temperature or habitat. On page 8, Jan. 12, item Albert A'hunting, with mangroves and coconut palms on the high plains south of Nairobi and monkeys in juniper and olive trees in that section, you are telling us Travelers' Tales that set us, who are familiar with Africa, a-wondering. You ought to have that flight 'of fancy in the "View with Alarm" column...
...thousand miles over the sea on a strip of coconut matting 22 yards long was being played a test* match between England and Australia. The scene was set upon a sward near Adelaide, South Australia; and in the presence of thousands of people England was making her stand with the bat against the fast balls and ready hands of the Australians. Every movement of the 22 players was sent slithering through the ether to the isles of Britain...
...high plains to the south of Nairobi in British East Africa the monkeys jabbered noisily as they swung themselves from the mangrove to the coconut palm and clambered about the juniper and olive trees. The chattering stopped; curious faces peered through the leaves toward the ground where a disconsolate lion roamed through the tall grass...
This kind of thing, of course, flows as logically and as naturally from William's brain as does milk from a ripe coconut. Real touches of the ancient Imperial and Royal bombast are contained in the following excerpts...
...economic resources of the Islands are inexpressibly and inexhaustibly rich. Indeed, they have what not only the United States, but every country needs for the cultivation of industry; valuable woods of various kinds, including, of course, the rubber tree; sugar plantations, coconut groves, orange, banana and pineapple farms. The waters teem with fish. Cattle are successfully raised. The land is fer tile. The climate benign...