To: RightWhale
"Mainly, they ran out of timber." Yup. Couldn't build boats or paddles to go fishing and couldn't cook the fish once caught. Drift wood must have been very valuable.
23 posted on
09/19/2005 5:20:54 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
Imagine a society almost wiped out because they were too proud to eat sushi.
49 posted on
09/19/2005 9:47:21 PM PDT by
Hillarys Gate Cult
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