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Wed Dec 10 23:06:39 UTC 2003

Good question, Ross.  Out of 20,000 or so words in that text, this is
about the only one I had trouble with.  How does a person research the
availability of foods in cans a hundred years ago?  I think tinned mutton
is an excellent guess.

--Dave R.

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:26:27 +1300, Ross Clark (FOA DALSL)
<r.clark at AUCKLAND.AC.NZ> wrote:

>What kind of "chips" would have been in a can in 1904?
>Could this possibly be "sheep"? Ie tinned mutton?
>
>Ross Clark