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… for ounce of civet was 40 shillings and in order to produce a perfume between 20 and 40 grains of civet were needed. Daniel Defoe apparently purchased from John Barksdale 70 civets for £ 850 thinking they were profitable goods even though he … Wales in 1782 after he had nearly killed the Keeper’s wife who had inadvertently left the door of his cage open. 11 . Daniel Defoe, Captain Singleton, ed. Manushag N. Powell (Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2019), p. 99. 12 . Henri …
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