From the candle, glucose, and fecula manufactories and sugar-refining works which were scattered along the quay, surrounded by patches of verdure, there was a vague odour of tallow and sugar which was carried away by the emanations from the water and the smell of tar.
"Renée Mauperin"
Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt
The fecula is especially nutritious, especially as it contains fewer foreign principles.
"The Physiology of Taste"
Brillat Savarin
Almost all domestic animals eat the fecula, and are made by it extremely strong; for it is a more substantial nourishment than the dry and green vegetables which are their habitual food.
"The Physiology of Taste"
Brillat Savarin