Salting

From: Marius Hancu <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:46:00 -0500

Hello:

I know a bit about Carthage and its history, but I don't think I know
the meaning of "salting" here.

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The entire room is lined with books and strange fish swimming in
colored globes; there are maps and charts on the wall, maps of Paris before
the plague, maps of the antique world, of Knossus and Carthage, of Carthage
before and after the salting.

Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, p. 63
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu
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