The black men had the first choice, and took the calabash, expecting that it contained all that was desirable; but, upon opening it, they found only a piece of gold, some iron, and several other metals of which they did not know the use.

The servant returned and told his master that a man in the hot spring had broken all his calabashes.

In her hand she carried an empty calabash.

Whilst the maiden was thus warming herself in the hot spring, Tutanekai happened to feel thirsty and sent his servant to fetch him a calabash of water.

Then he filled a calabash with fresh cool water, and the fierce warriors looked on in wonder and silence while he carried it to the old man and his daughter.

Our friend went on to state, that, in his district, they had a kind of corn which produced from a single grain a dozen stalks of twelve ears each; and not content with this, on most of the stalks you would find, somewhere near the top, a small calabash full of shelled corn!

Some were willing, and got calabashes of water, but others were angry thereat and broke them in their hands.

She called out to him in a gruff voice, like that of a man, asking him for some to drink, and he gave her the calabash, which she purposely threw down and broke.

"Along this coast many of the inhabitants subsist as fishermen; and the Indians of Cartago have a singular method of catching wild-fowl, which may here be noticed:They leave calabashes continually floating on the water that the birds may be accustomed to the sight of them.

Others they bury in a grot or den, and lay a calabash of water and some bread on his head.

When they have all done so and seated themselves again gravely in the circle, the girl offers to each of them a calabash full of very strong chicha.

It is customary, also, to place calabashes of palm wine at the feet of these trees, in case they should be thirsty.

Whilst we stood, in rather low spirits, waiting the hour of departure, our captain procured us a calabash of aguardiente, which, thinking upon the desperate work ahead of us and the infinite toil and sleeplessness of the last few weeks, we considered excellent, and not to be spared.

He and I shared a calabash, and his adroitness contrasted with my inexperience in taking the poi to our mouths.

His neighbors meanwhile feed him [no fasting for him!], and at last a friend brings him a calabash of malofar and tells him "stop mourning or you will die of starvation.