date-trees

Nile make their ropes and cords of the fibrous inner bark of the palm date-tree, called Lif (ﻒﻴﻟ), or of reeds which grow on the banks of river; but all the western nations, where no date-trees grow, use for their packages twisted leathern thongs, which are of great solidity and strength, a very important advantage in travelling through the deserts with heavily loaded camels.

Travels in Nubia 2004

On both sides are numerous habitations, and thick groves of date-trees; indeed Wady Hamyde seemed to be more populous than any part of the country south of Ibrim.

Travels in Nubia 2004

In the parts through which we passed the mounds are generally covered with masses of wild date-trees; the fruit is small, and no tree is allowed to stand long, for, having abundance of food, the Makololo have no inclination to preserve wild fruit-trees; accordingly, when

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Vast flat stretches of land were on either side, recovering from the subsiding inundations: near the mud villages, a country ship or two was roosting under the date-trees; the landscape everywhere stretching away level and lonely.

Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo 2004

Here the shore widens, and a grove of date-trees begins, which lines the banks of the river as far as Ibrim.

Travels in Nubia 2004

These are generally covered with wild date-trees and palmyras, and in some parts there are forests of mimosae and mopane.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

The banks are lined with palm, wild date-trees, and many guavas, the fruit of which was now becoming ripe.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

This kind of ferry boat is formed of four trunks of date-trees, tied loosely together, and is worked by

Travels in Nubia 2004

Giraffes, antelopes, and ostriches were seen running and bounding with marvellous agility in the midst of forests of acacias, mimosas, souahs, and date-trees.

Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

The tops of some baobabs, mimosas, and date-trees peeped up between the houses; and, even at night, the activity of the place seemed very great.

Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003