Margaret L. Armstrong - Roots Chap. 2 p.8 lyrics

Binta was relieved as Omoro was proud, and when Kunta cried for his next feeding, Binta gave her son not a brest but a sound spanking and a gourd of cow's milk. The gourd refered to in this pa**age is a flesy, typically large fruit with a hard shin. Some varieties are edible.