 | Augustin Calmet - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 1060
...cornparable to those our tannera use at Paris ; much less to those prepared in Provence of the husks of the olive. I don't doubt better fuel might be found,...country is not wanting in minerals ; but the people are used to their cow-dung, and will not givo themselves the trouble to dig for it. 'Tis almost inconceivable... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...— you see neither tree nor bush, and their common fuel is cows'-dung, which they make into turfs. I don't doubt better fuel might be found, for the...country is not wanting in minerals ; but the people are used to their cow-dung, and will not give themselves the trouble to dig for it." * ... , " They use... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 440
...our tanners use at Paris, much less to those prepared in Provence of the husks of the olive. I do not doubt better fuel might be found, for the country is not wanting in minerals ; but the people are used to their cow dung, and will not give themselves the trouble to dig for it. It is almost inconceivable... | |
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... use at Paris ; much less to those prepared in Provence of the husks of the olive. I don't doubt better fuel might be found, for the country is not wanting in minerals ; but the people are used to their cow-dung, and will not givo themselves the trouble... 