The Popular Science Monthly, Volumen38D. Appleton, 1891 |
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Página 573
... Bahamas , but it is a scarce article at best , being quoted in New York at thirty- four dollars an ounce , wholesale . Its use is in perfumery , its great value being due to its powerful odor , which somewhat resembles that of musk ...
... Bahamas , but it is a scarce article at best , being quoted in New York at thirty- four dollars an ounce , wholesale . Its use is in perfumery , its great value being due to its powerful odor , which somewhat resembles that of musk ...
Página 606
... BAHAMAS . BY JOHN I. NORTHROP , A OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE . RE you interested in sisal ? What do you think of it ? " These were the questions addressed to the writer almost before he had landed in the Bahamas . The object of the writer's ...
... BAHAMAS . BY JOHN I. NORTHROP , A OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE . RE you interested in sisal ? What do you think of it ? " These were the questions addressed to the writer almost before he had landed in the Bahamas . The object of the writer's ...
Página 607
... as to make its manufacture profitable . This fact has been known for a long time in Yucatan , the home of the sisal industry . There the natives have from time immemorial cultivated a number of CULTIVATION OF SISAL IN THE BAHAMAS . 607.
... as to make its manufacture profitable . This fact has been known for a long time in Yucatan , the home of the sisal industry . There the natives have from time immemorial cultivated a number of CULTIVATION OF SISAL IN THE BAHAMAS . 607.
Página 610
... Bahamas , A BRANCH OF THE " POLE " OF THE SISAL PLANT . told the writer , he was one day passing the house of a native , when a piece of rope attracted his attention . On inquiring where he obtained it , the negro replied that " it ...
... Bahamas , A BRANCH OF THE " POLE " OF THE SISAL PLANT . told the writer , he was one day passing the house of a native , when a piece of rope attracted his attention . On inquiring where he obtained it , the negro replied that " it ...
Página 613
... Bahamas that as yet none of the large plantations have begun to produce to any extent ; so for a description of the next stages we will turn to Yucatan , where , as has been said , the industry has been carried on from time immemorial ...
... Bahamas that as yet none of the large plantations have begun to produce to any extent ; so for a description of the next stages we will turn to Yucatan , where , as has been said , the industry has been carried on from time immemorial ...
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Página 291 - So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
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