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We did not, however, remark so much of yellow and orange as Laborde or Irby and Mangles describe I find since that Dr Wilson states these rocks to be highly saliferous, and says the Arabs scrape them with knives to obtain saltpetre for making their rude gunpowder.— Byeways in Palestine
Alluvium, saliferous, in Peru. stratified, in Andes.— The Voyage of the Beagle
I was very much struck with Forbes 'explanation of n [itrate] of soda beds and the saliferous crust, which— More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
-- "Origin of saliferous deposits.— More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
The plain is saliferous.— More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1

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