The cellular layers just beneath contain the largest proportion of nitrogenous matter, in the form of gluten, and are hard of pulverization, while the starchy heart of the grain is easily crumbled into fine dust.
The coarser product contains the largest proportion of nutrients, while in the finer portions there is an exclusion of a large part of the nitrogenous element of the grain.
As a rule, other points being equal, the fruits which yield the richest and largest quantity of juices, and also possess a cellular framework the least perceptible on mastication, are the most readily digested.
If the specimen composition you send is about your fair usual average, I should judge that perhaps a couple of whales would be all you want for the present; not the largest kind, but simply good, middling-sized whales!
If, then, it be desirable to obtain from the legumes the largest amount of nutriment and in the most digestible form, they must be prepared in some manner so as to reject the skins.
The largest of the Otago lakes is Wakatipu--a lake like a beautiful blue serpent.
The largest glacier in New Zealand is the Tasman Glacier, which is eighteen miles long, and at its widest two and a half miles across.
It is the largest town in New Zealand, and has a population of one hundred and ten thousand inhabitants.
Beyond this outer belt lay the thick shades of the central forest, where the largest trees which are produced in the two hemispheres grow side by side.
I happened to be staying in one of the largest towns in the Union, when I was invited to attend a public meeting which had been called for the purpose of assisting the Poles, and of sending them supplies of arms and money.
The extremity of the largest was forked, and extended to 25 degrees above the horizon in the S.
At the last moment mass meetings were held in Boston at Symphony Hall and in the largest halls of many other cities.
It was reported that hundreds of letters were written and the association had gained a hold in fifty places, ranging from rural neighborhoods and plantation settlements to the largest towns.
In March the society of Wilmington, the largest branch, began holding monthly meetings.
Six of the largest colleges were represented and the medal was won by Mrs. Pearl Powell, of the Industrial Institute and College.
The gracious presence of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter Anne, president of the Geneva Political Equality Club, the largest in the State, made the convention especially memorable.
It received the largest favorable vote of any of the amendments submitted but not a majority of the largest number cast at the election, as required by the constitution.
The throng on Socialists' "woman's day" filled one of the largest halls in San Francisco and at the close of her address gave a unanimous standing vote for equal suffrage.
Hubbard of Hickman was the largest contributor and was a strong factor in the western part of the State.
Mrs. Brotherton was serving as president and it was one of the largest ever held.
He also tells how he gathered his library, which was then the largest and best in England.
As has already been stated, he possessed the largest number of books in the country, and these he bequeathed to the University of Oxford.
But of all libraries those of Alexandria were the largest and most celebrated, and yet, notwithstanding their eminence, the accounts relating to them are confused and contradictory.
Danforth's testimony is that she is performing the largest operations known to surgery, and that no Chicago surgeon is doing work superior to hers.
I started to enter the largestresidence near me, but the gatekeeper slammed the door in my face so I went on ahead.
It was desirable to occupy a position near the largest centre of population possible to reach, without absolutely invading territory to which we set up no claim whatever.
It was the largest military post in the country at that time, being garrisoned by sixteen companies of infantry, eight of the 3d regiment, the remainder of the 4th.
On the 28th, they breakfasted on one of the islands which lie at the mouth of the Nebraska or Platte River--the largest tributary of the Missouri, and about six hundred miles above its confluence with the Mississippi.
The largestof these forks came from the range of Wind River Mountains.
Europe; also cony and hare's fur; but the largest importations are from London, where is concentrated nearly the whole of the North American fur trade.
The largest number of this family seem to have made their dwellings first at Mashongnavi and Shupaulovi; but like the Sun people they soon spread to all the villages.
The largestof these is about 3 feet wide and stands 5½ feet out of the ground.
In the case of Oraibi, the largest of the Tusayan villages, Mr. Stephen has with great care and patience ascertained the distribution of the various gentes in the village, as recorded on the accompanying skeleton plan (Pl.
This outer wall contains by far the largest stones yet found incorporated in pueblo masonry.
This is one of the largest modern pueblos, and contains nearly half the population of Tusayan; yet its great size has not materially affected the arrangement of the dwellings.
This symmetrical form is all the more remarkable in a pueblo of such large dimensions, as, with the exception of Pueblo Bonito of the Chaco group, it is the largest ancient pueblo examined by this Bureau.
At Tusayan, on the other hand, the largestvillage of the group does not differ in character from the smallest.
These, the largest roof openings to be found in Zuñi, are framed with pieces of wood.
It is the successor of all the original “Seven Cities of Cibola” of the Spaniards, and is the largest of the modern pueblos.
The narrowness of the largest doors and windows in the ancient pueblos suggests timidity on the part of the ancient builders.
By far the largest number of pueblos, however, built among the southwest tablelands, if occupied for any length of time, must have been subject to irregular enlargement.
The dimensions of the rooms are very small, the largestmeasuring 9½ feet long, by 4½ feet wide.
These three women offered the largest difficulty to his mind.
With her, nature in its largest aspects passed practically unnoticed.
The Alexandria Appeal had the largest exclusively country circulation of any county south of the Sangamon.
The largest and the most picturesque country-house of all I know in America, is the mansion house of my friends, the Donaldsons.
Coote's face brightened, as he produced his pencil and cleaned his largest unoccupied nail.
The example, on the largest scale, of a country without private property in land is the British East Indies.
The latter are in a condition, and accustomed, to give the largestquantity and the best quality of manufactured articles for a required quantity of raw material; and, of course, vice versa.
But is not thelargest navigable stream, even in the most thinly populated country, an economic good?
This rookery was the resort of King penguins, the largest of the four species which are to be found on the island.
Emperor penguins near the largest islet, besides Adelie penguins, silver-grey, Wilson and Antarctic petrels and skua gulls.
As it seemed impossible to haul sledges through this jumble of ice and snow, Hoadley suggested that he should walk across the floe and make a brief geological examination of at least the largest islet.
As may be inferred from the name, they are the largest of all the petrels, and measure about seven feet from tip to tip when on the wing.
So, in concentrating foods for sledging, the largest possible proportion of fat, compatible with other considerations, is included.
Approaching the largest rock--Haswell Island, as it was called later--we saw more distinctly the immense numbers of Emperor penguins covering several acres of floe.
Sea elephants had become scarce, so, in order to lay in a supply of fuel for the next few weeks, we went round to Aerial Cove on the 3rd and killed the largest animal we could find, afterwards carrying the blubber round to the Shack.
The camp was situated on the largest of a group of about twelve small islets, lying within five or six miles of the coast, on the lower slopes of which several outcrops of rock could be observed.
The largest apartment of the building was lighted up, and I could perceive in it more women than one.
Immense warehouses, for the reception of the cargoes of the largest vessels, are built upon the shore.
Upon an island to the left of the bay, the English saw the largest pirogue they had yet met with.
The Resolution was at once surrounded by a score of pirogues, the largest of which contained twenty-five men.
The entrance to Port Jackson is only two miles in width, but it widens until it forms a large harbour containing water enough for the largest ships, and space enough to accommodate all comers in perfect safety.
Houssa," a scherif told him, "is the largest town I have ever seen.
Tahiti, which was named Nouvelle Cythère by Bougainville, on account of the beauty of the women, is the largest of the Society's group.
The coasts of the largest one were steep; in point of fact, it was simply a mountain covered with trees to its summit, with neither valley nor sea coast.
Lake Tzana," according to his narrative, "is by far the largest sheet of water known in these regions.
The cataract of Tequendama, although not thelargest in the world, yet affords a very beautiful sight.
Upon the 27th of December, Vavao Island was discovered, one of the largest of the group, which had not been visited by the English navigator.
The most moderate yield of corn is at the rate of from seventy and eighty to one, and the largest from sixty to a hundred.
He then visited the Islands of Two Hills, Montagu and Hinchinbrook Islands, and the largest of all, Sandwich Island, which must not be mistaken for the group of the same name.
The largest number of these ephemeral periodicals appeared in New York, and the nextlargest in Philadelphia.
Six of the largest frigates, mounting 170 of the guns, had been allowed to become useless for lack of repairs.
It showed that the United States custom-houses had collected over three million dollars on imported goods, the largest collections being in the State of Pennsylvania, with New York second, and Massachusetts third.
Possessed of probably the largest fortune in America, he could not be accused, as were many of his compatriots, of mercenary motives in his public actions.
It is important to an appreciation of the times to note that the State whose persistence won the victory was not one of the largest or most influential.
The insurrection had not, therefore, in its largest proportions, one single distinctive purpose, and was not the work of one set of men.
In the largest sense, I hold this also to be the effect of the one just mentioned; for, if tested, the whole spirit and tone of Christianity are republican.
But these attempts, as yet, have been undertaken without any thorough examination of the whole scope of principles relating to the operations in hand, and hence without the largest achievable results.
It has the largest territory except Brazil, the greatest per capita wealth, its population is increasing most rapidly, and it has received the greatest amount of foreign capital.
These were fair specimens of the Tupi-Guaranies, the largest of the four great families into which the Brazilian aborigines have been classified.
The country ought to be interesting where there has grown up within a few decades the largestcity in the Southern Hemisphere, and the largest Latin city, except Paris, in the world.
Two years later, however, his fleet defeated and nearly destroyed the largest naval force Spain had sent out since the Invincible Armada.
His choice of the particular spot where the largest city of the southern hemisphere has since grown up, seems to have been determined by a few trifling circumstances.
Pedro de Zeballos, the first Viceroy, sailed in November, 1776, in command of the largest force which up to that time had been sent to the Western Continent.
The Argentine general was sure of having the largest numbers at the point of conflict, but the Spanish troops were veterans of the Peninsula and were commanded by a skilful and resolute general.
As the seat of the largest Spanish garrison, Montevideo naturally became the centre of pro-Spanish feeling and influence in the Plate and the home of families who boasted distinguished Castilian descent and conservative principles.
Their capital, Olinda--now the northern suburb of the city of Pernambuco--was the largest town in Brazil and the one where there was most luxurious living and the most polite society.
But after passing Santa Catharina he was unfortunate in losing his largest ship with most of his provisions, and deemed it safer to return toward the north.
This junction of the Parana and the Paraguay forms the second largest river in the world--a river without obstructions to navigation, but which is so immense that it cannot be bridged.
It is the largestpiece of real money he has had in six months, the boys say, and he has spent it for clothes.
He had the largest number of supporters at the Convention, and was defeated only by a combination of the minority.
By general consent he had for years occupied the seat of his choice, one of the two largest on the floor, in the second row of seats, the first fronting the Speaker at the left.
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