"Marrowy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... found not only in 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 in the 15th century, regards the broad tail as the great difference between the ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa |
