 | Vegetable substances - 1833
...tubs of water where it is suffered to remain till it rots, when they press out the juice. This, upon being exposed to the sun and evaporated, leaves a...cut into small pieces of the form in which we see it brought to us." This passage of the Italian ought at least to have prevented the Germans from considering... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 456 pages
...rots, when they press out the juice. This, upon being exposed to the sun and Slave* gathering linlu;<i evaporated, leaves a kind of paste, which is cut into small pieces of the form in which we see it brought to us." This passage of the Italian ought at least to have prevented the Germans from considering... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1837 - 325 pages
...tubs of water, where it is suffered to remain till it rots, when they press out the juice. This, upon being exposed to the sun and evaporated, leaves a...cut into small pieces of the form in which we see it brought to us." This passage of the Italian ought at least to have prevented the Ger26 mans from... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 508 pages
...tubs of water, where it is suffered to remain till it rots; when they press out the juice. This, upon being exposed to the sun, and evaporated, leaves a kind of paste, which is cut 1 The circumstances of this juridical practice of duelling are particularly detailed by Barbosa, in... | |
 | Marco Polo - Voyages and travels - 1854 - 508 pages
...tubs of water, where it is suffered to remain till it rots; when they press out the juice. This, upon being exposed to the sun, and evaporated, leaves a kind of paste, which is cut 1 The circumstances of this juridical practice of duelling are particularly detailed by Barbosa, in... | |
 | Children's stories - 1861 - 264 pages
...it rots, when they press out the juice. This, upon being exposed to the sun and evaporated, yields a kind of paste, which is cut into small pieces of the form in which we see it brought to us.' Marco Polo also visited Guzzerat andKambaia, in India, where it was made. In the... | |
 | Heber Drury - 1873 - 512 pages
...tubs of water, where it is suffered to remain till it rots, when they press out the juice. This, upon being exposed to the sun and evaporated, leaves a...cut into small pieces of the form in which we see it brought to us." To the present day indigo is manufactured at Quilon, though probably some hundred... | |
 | History - 1858
...of Tangancharey. *He was subdued and taken prisoner by Vira-Martanda, Rajah of Travancore in 1764, when his territory was annexed to the latter kingdom....Quilon, though at the present day the place is more famous for its lace manufactory. That it was a place of bustling trade in early time is apparent from... | |
 | Marco Polo - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 320 pages
...tubs of water, where it is suffered to remain till it rots; when they press out the juice. This, upon being exposed to the sun, and evaporated, leaves a...cut into small pieces of the form in which we see it brought to us. The heat during some months is so violent as to be scarcely supportable; yet the... | |
 | Marco Polo, William Marsden - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 370 pages
...tubs of water, where it is suffered to remain till it rots; when they press out the juice. This, upon being exposed to the sun, and evaporated, leaves a...cut into small pieces of the form in which we see it. The heat during some months is so violent as to be scarcely endured, yet merchants come here from... | |
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Indigo also, of excellent quality and in large quantities, is made here. They procure it from an herbaceous plant, which is taken up by the roots and put into tubs of water, where it is suffered to remain till it rots; when they press out the juice. This,... 