Our oak, the balata, forces the palm to lengthen itself prodigiously in order to get a few thin beams of sunlight; for it is as difficult here for the poor trees to obtain one glance from this King of the world, as for us, subjects of a monarchy, to obtain one look from our monarch.
"Two Years in the French West Indies"
Lafcadio Hearn
For these, I must ask twenty balata.
"The Players"
Everett B. Cole
You hesitate at twenty balata, then you point out that?
"The Players"
Everett B. Cole