[267] Arrak.
[268] Bananas. The Milan edition has: “More than a palm in length.”
[269] Cocoa-nuts.
[270] “Verdeur.”
[271] Here the Milan edition adds: “And reduced it to flour.”
[272] Milan edition has: “Takes the consistency of honey.”
[273] Milan edition has: “Thick as butter.”
[274] Here the Milan edition adds: “But its trunk, without being smooth, is less knotty.”
[275] Milan edition has: “We were told that one of these trees lasts,” etc.
[276] *–* Here omitted in Milan edition.