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OIL-SEEDS AND OILS 



It is, however, for their oil that they are chiefly valued. 

 It is of a pale yellow colour and in all respects resembles 

 olive oil. The trade in ground-nut oil is comparatively recent. 

 In the 'fifties a merchant of Marseilles made experiments and 



GROUND-NUT 



found that it could be used instead of olive oil in the manu- 

 facture of Soap. From that time onwards increasing quantities 

 were brought from India and West Africa to be used in the 

 great soap factories of Marseilles. 



We, in England, have hitherto not set much value on 

 ground-nuts, and our importations of them have been small. 



