We know nothing further about this Nimrod of Syria, but Professor Maspero is doubtless right in believing that Asel ought to be written Alsa, and that the country meant was the kingdom of Alasiya, which lay in the northern portion of Coele-Syria.
— from Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
More is done in Indian corn (maize), that most prolific cereal, the backbone of American agriculture; still more is done relatively in buckwheat, barley and rye.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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