28/63 The care-taker showed us a sort of packet bound in straw that he told us contained the skeleton of a dragon; a proof, added he, that the dragon is not a fabulous animal."-- Memoirs of Jacques Casanova, Paris, 1843. 404, 405 In the meantime the inhabitants of Alca practised the labours of peace. The labourers of Dombes cultivated oats, rye, and wheat. |