* cow's dung.
   Dried cow-dung is a common fuel in the East, as it is in many
   parts of England, to the present day; but the prophet was
   ordered to prepare his bread with human ordure, to shew the
   extreme degree of wretchedness to which the besieged should be
   exposed, as they would be obliged literally to use it, from
   not being able to leave the city to collect other fuel.

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