“ in lumps , in shafts as well , sometimes even exceeding ten librae in weight . These lumps “ are called palagae and palacurnae , while the small grains are called baluce . The Ulex is “ dried and burnt and the ashes are washed on a bed of grassy turf in order that the gold “ may settle thereon . ”
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