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When shipping and supplying pilots became a decaying source of income, the Scillonians took to the growing of potatoes.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgPetr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “When shipping and supplying pilots became a decaying source of income, the Scillonians took to the growing of potatoes.”
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Kropotkin illustrates how the Scillonians adapted their economy by shifting from pilot services to potato cultivation as a response to changing economic conditions.
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