Err... G'day Bruce MB,

Actually, about 28 posts back is was determined that Wheatman had misead a badly printed letter in the facsimile ... and the word is, under careful inspection with a magnifying glass, actually "seut" - a local dialect version of "soot".

The indefatigable Malcolm Douglas first pointed this out ... and, apart from those who only read the immediately prior post ... discussion has refocused on the real text.

Regards,

Bob