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III. CARMEL. This name is sometimes given in general to all sorts of places planted with vines and fruit-trees, and remarkable for their fertility. It is said likewise that purple is called by this name1; because at the foot of Mount Carmel Northward, a certain Shell-fish was caught, which was of great use in dying of this Colour.
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Vide Boch. de Animal. sacr. part. i. l. ii. ↩
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