Quite literally, Swamp gas from decaying fecal products. This is funny as some people have explained away UFO"s as swamp gas, which is actually Methane.
Some people had outhouses in the 1700's.
Outhouses were common when running water was not available. Back then, outhouses were usually between 50 and 150 feet from the main house and often facing away.
Alaska
outhouses
yes
I was there in the summer, and it didn't smell at all. Paris on the other hand....
Outhouses and buckets.
Yes, and men's too. All feet that sweat and are in shoes, smell.
Before outhouses, people would go behind a tree or in the woods. When the weather was bad or late at night they would stay indoors and use a pot.
The smell of salt water often reminds people of the beach, the ocean, or summer vacations by the sea.
Many people do not have running water in Alaska
Adjectives describe nouns. The adjective in that sentence is "grassy", and it's describing the noun "smell".