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61. Grapes in Madagascar.

The grape was believed to be poisonous in Madagascar till the French taught the natives to eat[1] it. Can this have been a mere prejudice, or was the opinion introduced by some of their Moorish visitors, who thought prejudice a better security against the abuse of the grape than prohibition would be.

  1. Dellon, t. 1. c. 9.
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