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[Will Quale]

On Thu, 22 May 2003, Jean-Joseph Cote wrote:
> Ranjit noted that he was aware that, "Nero's expedition up the Nile
> failed because the water hyacinths had clogged the river, denying Nero's
> vessels passage through the sudd of Nubia".

Cool!  I'd heard the round before, but never known *what* that
antipenultimate word was, nor how it was spelt.  Now I know, and knowing
is half the battle.  Evading the water hyacinths is, however, the other,
more difficult half!

--will

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