Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 581
x, I believe, is for themanufacture of candles which burn with a bright flameand give off a pleasant odor while burning. I havebeen told by one who used to collect this wax many years ago, that thewax in his day waschiefly exported tothe Islands of theWest Indies, whereit was said to be usedfor the… … EARLY FORM OF LANTERN. Mr. C.R.John-son of Westerly, .\\\ the candles pictured on this and ^^. , t i two preceding pages were made from Rhode Island, bavbetry tallow. gives me someinteresting items in regard to the wax and thequeer old-fashioned methods of gathering theseberries in large…
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