Note 120 — THE COCOA-NUT TREE.
Reading edition
A ludicrous mistake, I recollect, once occurred respecting this word in one of the missionary letters sent to England; it was mentioned that they preached to the natives in topes of cocoa-nut trees: this, when it appeared in one of the missionary journals, was printed thus:—“they preached to the natives on tops of cocoa-nut trees!!”