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When the fruit is ripe it falls of itself; and the only way to eat durions to perfection is to get them as they fall, and the smell is then less overpowering.

From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran

After finishing their dinner of durions, the three men again sallied forth, to see whether something more substantial could be found for a later repast—either flesh, fowl, or fish.

From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran

He thought of chain-shot, and its effects; and it occurred to him that by this means the durions might be brought down from their lofty elevation.

From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran

There are in the forest two varieties of wild durions with much smaller fruits, one of them orange-coloured inside.

From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran

While they were munching their evening meal—of durions, as the dinner had been—the Malay commenced discoursing upon eggs, which set them all thinking about them.

From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran