"Marrowy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Arabia, but in Persia, Syria, Affghanistan, Egypt, Barbary, and even Asia Minor. A recent traveller, writing from Smyrna, says: 'The sheep of the country are the Cape sheep, having a kind of apron tail, entirely of rich marrowy fat, extending to the width of their hind quarters, and frequently trailing on the ground; the weight of the tail is often more than six or eight pounds' (FELLOWS'S Asia Minor, p. 10). Leo Africanus, writing ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa |
