410 THE UNIVERSE. 



in the famous retreat of the ten thousand Greeks. His 

 soldiers, weakened with hunger and fatigue, having seized 

 eagerly upon some honey which they found near the sea, 



190. The Tapioca Plant and its Root: Manihot utilissima (Pohl). 



all fell to the ground a few moments afterwards, danger- 

 ously poisoned. Tournefort rightly ascribes this accident 

 to the bees of the country having imbibed the juices con- 



