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XVII. Topographical Notes: 1081.
XVII. Topographical Notes: 1081.
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XVII. Topographical Notes: 1081.

1081.

The Germans are wont to annoy a garrison with the smoke of feathers, sulphur and realgar, and they make this smoke last 7 or 8 hours. Likewise the husks of wheat make a great and lasting smoke; and also dry dung; but this must be mixed with olive husks, that is olives pressed for oil and from which the oil has been extracted. 597

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  1. 256:597

    : There is with this passage a sketch of a round tower shrouded in smoke.

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