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" Georgiania there is a fountain from which oil springs in great abundance, insomuch that a hundred shiploads might be taken from it at one time. This oil is not good to use with food, but 'tis good to burn, and is also used to anoint camels that have the... "
From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam: Travels in Transcaucasia ... - Page 29
by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson - 1911 - 317 pages
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The Travels of Marco Polo: The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition : Including the ...

Marco Polo, Sir Henry Yule, Henri Cordier - Travel - 1993 - 788 pages
...one time. This nil is not good to use with food, hut 'tis good to hurn, and is also used to annint camels that have the mange. People come from vast...distances to fetch it, for in all the countries round ahout they have no other nil.4 Now, having done with Great Armenia, we will tell you of Georgiania....
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A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges ...

Peter Tertzakian - Business & Economics - 2006 - 290 pages
...(Georgia) there is a fountain from which oil springs in great abundance, insomuch that a hundred shiploads might be taken from it at one time. This oil is not good to use with food, but it is good to burn, and is also used to anoint camels that have the mange. People come from vast distances...
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Attila: The Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome

John Man - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 350 pages
...refers to the same phenomenon, describing 'a fountain from which oil springs in great abundance . . . This oil is not good to use with food, but 'tis good to burn.' So the raid was not a complete success; but it was an astounding achievement nevertheless. The Huns...
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