The Kaffir, you blind eyed calabash.
"Tales from the Veld"
Ernest Glanville
The only animals which appear to thrive are the goat and the duck; the cedar and a few calabash-trees are the only wood, and, except the most common kinds of vegetables, such as cabbages, onions, and sweet potatoes; I know of hardly another thing brought to perfection, even in the gardens.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
When our meal was finished, we supplied ourselves with torches from some dry branches of the calabash-tree, and, headed by a guide, moved towards the mouth of the nearest and largest of the two caves.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig