They also like to travel far from their homes to go down into holes in
the ground to dig for diamonds they can give to their European
benefactors.

On 2/20/08, Perelman, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not really.  The peasants like the barren hillsides, which are much more
> interesting than the fertile plains.
>
> Jim wrote:
>
> I agree, but even fragile soils can be helped with old-fashioned
> techniques (though perhaps not healed). Part of the problem, of
> course, is that in many places the best lands were grabbed by the
> Europeans during colonization.
>
>
> --
> Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
> way and let people talk.) --  Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
>
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
> Chico, CA 95929
> 530-898-5321
> fax 530-898-5901
> michaelperelman.wordpress.com
>


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Sandwichman

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