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In the year 1818 , an individual from the neighboring island of Bourbon , on a visit to Paris , saw a va- nilla plant at the Jardin du Roi . Astonished at its growing in so unnatural a climate , he addressed himself to the director of ...
In the year 1818 , an individual from the neighboring island of Bourbon , on a visit to Paris , saw a va- nilla plant at the Jardin du Roi . Astonished at its growing in so unnatural a climate , he addressed himself to the director of ...
Page 78
ports from the island . Among the communications to the society , is one describing a process for making sea biscuit to keep for three years without deterioration . It consists in mixing a pulp obtained from yams with dry wheat flour ...
ports from the island . Among the communications to the society , is one describing a process for making sea biscuit to keep for three years without deterioration . It consists in mixing a pulp obtained from yams with dry wheat flour ...
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... and by combining the accounts given of it with those respecting the malignant qualities of a particular vegetable pro- duction of the island , called the Upas tree , ( Antiaris Toxicaria , ) that monstrous fable has been concocted ...
... and by combining the accounts given of it with those respecting the malignant qualities of a particular vegetable pro- duction of the island , called the Upas tree , ( Antiaris Toxicaria , ) that monstrous fable has been concocted ...
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