“The nut of this tree is hung high aloft, wrapped in a silk wrapper, which is enclosed in a case of sole leather, which again is packed in a mass of shock absorbing, vermin proof pulp, sealed up in a waterproof, ironwood case, and finally cased in a vegetable porcupine of spines, almost impregnable. There is no nut so protected; there is no nut in our woods to compare with it as food. What is a Chesnut?” CasesTreeMassCookingWoodsProofCompareShockNutsVegetablesSoleProtectedHungLeatherSpineSilkAbsorbingPulpVerminPorcupines Author:Luis de Camoes