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Page 62
... leaves . " The Brazil tree ' is a slender lofty and thorny tree , all red as it were , with leaves like fern . The Indian nuts are as big as melons , and in colour green like gourds2 . Their leaves and branches are like those of the ...
... leaves . " The Brazil tree ' is a slender lofty and thorny tree , all red as it were , with leaves like fern . The Indian nuts are as big as melons , and in colour green like gourds2 . Their leaves and branches are like those of the ...
Page 227
... leaves of the fig - tree or plantain ' , and made themselves girdles to hide their shame .... Then God pronounced ... leaves used for girdles by Adam and Eve were plantain leaves is a Mahomedan tradition ; and it is probably from this ...
... leaves of the fig - tree or plantain ' , and made themselves girdles to hide their shame .... Then God pronounced ... leaves used for girdles by Adam and Eve were plantain leaves is a Mahomedan tradition ; and it is probably from this ...
Page 235
... leaves , without any swathing , and so placed in the sand . The leaves are some ten ells in length , more or less , and I do not know to what to compare them ( in form ) unless it be to elecampane . The tree produces its fruit only from ...
... leaves , without any swathing , and so placed in the sand . The leaves are some ten ells in length , more or less , and I do not know to what to compare them ( in form ) unless it be to elecampane . The tree produces its fruit only from ...
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early employment 4 sent by the Pope to Kúblái Khan letter from | 26 |
Chagatai 32 chronological difficulties in connexion with the dates | 35 |
Archbishop of Soltania 37 another work probably his but erroneously | 38 |
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