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Excerpt from The Modern Manufacture of Writing Paper: A Story Concerning the Modern Processes of Manufacturing an Ancient Product, With Some Side-Lights on Its History
Strange to say, the Moors seem to have overlooked the possibili ties of one raw material for their industry, although it grew wild, literally under their very feet.
This was esparto, a tough grass found in abundance in Spain and in the Barbary States of North Africa. Years later, this esparto grass was extensively used in the manufacturing of papers for printing purposes, especially in England, for an Englishman first discovered the process - but it never became an important ele' ment in the making of fine writ ing papers.
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