Omniana/Volume 1/Grapes in Madagascar
61. Grapes in Madagascar.
The grape was believed to be poisonous in Madagascar till the French taught the natives to eat[1] it. Can this have been a mere prejudice, or was the opinion introduced by some of their Moorish visitors, who thought prejudice a better security against the abuse of the grape than prohibition would be.
- ↑ Dellon, t. 1. c. 9.