Note 2614 — Chapter XIII · EXPORTS FROM AFRICA AND THE EAST.
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Theoph. Hist. Plant. viii. 4. 6. There is still, however, in this part of the world a very large-grained wheat called camel’s tooth. Vigne, Affghanistân, p. 170. On the extraordinary fertility of Hyrcania, &c., see Strab. xi. 7. t. ii. p. 426, and cf. on the nutritive qualities of maize, &c., Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, i. 49.