 At the time of harvest, they bruise it when ripe in mortars, and set the strained juice in vessels till it is concreted in the form of snow, or white salt. This, when scraped, they mix with bread, or rub it with water, and take it as pottage ; and it...  Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical: As Applied and Relating ... - Page 966by Sheridan Muspratt - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1793 - 728 pages
...concreted in form of fnow, or of white fait. " This, when fcraped, they mix with bread, or rub " it with water, and take it as pottage ; and it is to "• them more wholefome and pleating than the honey »l of bees. T he people who were engaged in the P p 2 Ceges... | |
 | 1797 - 856 pages
...in • form of fnow, or of white fait. ' This, when fcraped, they mix • with bread, or rub it with water, ' and take it as pottage ; and it is ' to them more wholefome and • pkafing than the honey of bees. • The people who were engaged in • the fieges... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1799 - 652 pages
...concreted in form of fnow, or of white fait. This, " when fcraped, they mix with bread, or rub it with water, and take it as pottage ; and it " is to them more wholefome and pleafing than the honey of bees. The people who were *' engaged in the fieges of Albana... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 786 pages
...concreted in form of fnow, or of white fait. This, when (craped, they mix with bread, or rub it with water, and take it as pottage ; and it is to them more wholefome and pleating than the honey of bees. The people who were engaged in the fieges of Albaria... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 788 pages
...concreted in form of fnow, or of white fait. This, when fcraped, they mix with bread, or rnb it with water, and take it as pottage; and it is to them more wholefome and i pleafing than the honey of bees. The people who were engaged in the iîeges of Albaria... | |
 | 1796 - 598 pages
...is concreted 'in form of fnow or white fait. This, when fcraped, they mix with bread, or rub it with water, and take it as pottage; and it is to them more wholefome and pleafing than the honey of bees. vThe people who were engaged in the fie^es of Albaria... | |
 | 1816 - 728 pages
...is concreted in form of snow or white salt. This, wlien scraped, they mix with bread, or rub it with water, and take it as pottage ; and it is to them more wholesome and pleasing than the ho ey of bees. The people w ho were engaged, in the sieges of Albaria Marra and Archas, and suffered... | |
 | 1842 - 1046 pages
...concreted in the form of snow or of white salt. This, when scraped, they mix with bread, or rub it with water and take it as pottage ; and it is to them more wholesome and pleasing than the honey of bees.' This is, as far as we are aware, the oldest description extant of the process of extracting sugar from... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1842 - 536 pages
...concreted in the form of snow or of white salt. This, when scraped, they mix with bread, or rub it with water and take it as pottage; and it is to them more wholesome and pleasing than the honey of bees.' This is, as far as we are aware, the oldest description extant of the process of extracting sugar from... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1847 - 594 pages
...concreted in the form of snow, or whit? salt. This, when scraped, they mix with bread or rub it with water, and take it as pottage-; and it is to them...bees. The people who were engaged in the sieges of Al baria Marra and Arch;, s, suffered dreadful hunger, and were much refreshed thereby." He also mentions... | |
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