Note 132 — THE COCOA-NUT TREE.
Reading edition
Formerly the toddy was supposed to be the sap of the tree drawn from the branches. “The wine issues from the top of the tree, and is procured thus:—They cut a branch, binding it hard, and hang an earthen pot under the cut end, which they empty every morning and evening.”—Fitch’s Journey to India Overland, in 1583. (Kerr’s Collection of Voyages, vol. vii. p. 476.)