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| Picture No | 10425255 |
| Date | 1878 |
| Description | Sketches in Africa - Burning Shells for Lime |
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Native farmers on the Mozambique coast, near the mouth of the Zambesi river pictured collecting and burning shells in order to make lime to fertilise the soil they are working.
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| Source | Engraving from a sketch by H. B. Thelwall in The Illustrated London News, 30 November 1878, p.513 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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