Incitions, one towards the Head, and the other at the Bottom of the Trunk. The Bark is removed without being mattered, and is then foftened in Water; after which it is placed over a Bed of burning Coals, which blackens its outward Surface. When this Operation... Spectacle de la Nature: Or Nature Display'd: Being Discourses on Such ... - Page 271 by Noël Antoine Pluche - 1766 Full view -
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