Commentary for Chullin 176:15

אמר רבא

I told it him, and l derived it from the following Baraitha: If a person was travelling through a desert and can find no dust wherewith to cover up [the blood], he may grind a golden denar to powder and cover it up therewith.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fact that he must resort to such an expedient proves that the hard stony ground of the desert may not be used for covering. rpt rpg');">⁵</span>

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