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  • “I don’t think we need to call a mascal until we get more info—sounds like it’s a question mark if we’re even getting anybody.”

    Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010

  • “I don’t think we need to call a mascal until we get more info—sounds like it’s a question mark if we’re even getting anybody.”

    Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010

  • The text on the pager was clear: Potential mascal.

    Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010

  • The text on the pager was clear: Potential mascal.

    Paradise General Dr. Dave Hnida 2010

  • Hunger knows no laws; and we availed ourselves of their provision, which proved to be mascal, and grass seed, of which we made mush.

    Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824--1830 1830

  • Here are abundance of palm trees and live oaks and considerable of mascal.

    Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824--1830 1830

  • They were roasting mascal and the tender inside heads of the [165] palm trees for food, which, when prepared and cooked after their fashion, becomes a very agreeable food.

    Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824--1830 1830

  • I afterwards ascertained, that it was a vegetable, called by the Spanish, mascal, (probably maguey.)

    Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824--1830 1830

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