"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Even less practical use, but I wouldn't be parted from my 1935 _Tropical
Planting and Gardening_, by H.F.Macmillan, once boss of the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Ceylon. Just a wonderful read, even if you don't have much
trouble with elephants, and have like me always resisted the temptation to
deal with thievish locals by the forthright expedient of "a good
thrashing". Macmillan is also a fan of cyanide; but he deals with the
safety issue as follows: "wrap the cyanide [of potassium] in a thin paper
bag and drop into the acid and water, by means of a string passing through
a trap-door and released from outside."

--
Mike.

Has the man no sense of adventure??!!

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Jeff