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| | KOWTOW, OR KOTOU - LoveToKnow Article on KOWTOW, OR KOTOU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The active principle is koussin or kosin, CaiHssOio, which is soluble in alcohol and alkalis, and may be given in doses of thirty grains. |
 | | The principal occupation of the inhabitants is agricul-:ure, 63% of the surface being under crops; both grain (wheat, rye, oats and barley) and potatoes are exported. |
 | | It has railway-carriage works, cotton mills, steam flour mills, tallow works and quarries of limestone, and carries on an active trade in the export of wooden wares and in the import of grain, salt and fish, brought from the Volga governments. |
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