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ranean area, but it soon spread. All the nations 

 which got their civilisation in whole or in part 



FIG. 31. North American Indian Woman pounding Indian Corn. 

 After pounding, the meal is sifted through the baskets, the finer 

 parts being made into bread and the coarser into hominy. 



from the Mediterranean region, learnt also to grow 

 and to eat wheaten bread. The process was a slow 

 one. The story about Hugh Miller reminds us 



