The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... land 4. How often and on what occasions corn has sold at a remarkably low price 5. Illustrious men who have written upon agriculture 6. Points to be observed in buying land 7. The proper arrangements for a farm - house 8. Maxims of the ...
... land 4. How often and on what occasions corn has sold at a remarkably low price 5. Illustrious men who have written upon agriculture 6. Points to be observed in buying land 7. The proper arrangements for a farm - house 8. Maxims of the ...
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... land .. 54. How to ascertain the quality of seed 55. What quantity of each kind of grain is requisite for sowing a jugerum 56. The proper times for sowing 57. Arrangement of the stars according to the terrestrial days and nights .. 58 ...
... land .. 54. How to ascertain the quality of seed 55. What quantity of each kind of grain is requisite for sowing a jugerum 56. The proper times for sowing 57. Arrangement of the stars according to the terrestrial days and nights .. 58 ...
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... lands according to the points of the wind 78. Prognostics derived from the sun 79. Prognostics derived from the moon 80. Prognostics derived from the stars .. 81. Prognostics derived from thunder .. 82. Prognostics derived from clouds ...
... lands according to the points of the wind 78. Prognostics derived from the sun 79. Prognostics derived from the moon 80. Prognostics derived from the stars .. 81. Prognostics derived from thunder .. 82. Prognostics derived from clouds ...
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... land . That portion of land used to be known as a " jugerum , " 8 Made of salt and the meal or flour of spelt . Salt was the emblem of wisdom , friendship , and other virtues . 9 This , Fée observes , is not the case with any kind of ...
... land . That portion of land used to be known as a " jugerum , " 8 Made of salt and the meal or flour of spelt . Salt was the emblem of wisdom , friendship , and other virtues . 9 This , Fée observes , is not the case with any kind of ...
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... land around which a person could trace a furrow with the plough in a single day . The whole population , too , used to contribute a quarter1 of a sex- tarius of spelt , or else half a one , per head . From agriculture the earliest ...
... land around which a person could trace a furrow with the plough in a single day . The whole population , too , used to contribute a quarter1 of a sex- tarius of spelt , or else half a one , per head . From agriculture the earliest ...
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