28o ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS" 



lias left any thing concerning the ufefiil- 

 nefs of the male to the female palm tree; 

 " In Babylonis agris, (fays he,) palmae 

 " magna ex parte frudiferae proveniunt ; 

 " ex quibus non folum cibum, vinum, et 

 *' mel conficiunt, fed etiam eodem modo 

 *' quo ficus curantur. Palmarum enim, 

 *' quas Graeci mafculos vocant, frudlus 

 ** palmis glandiferis alligant, ut earum 

 *' frudlum maturet culex fubiens, ne ex 

 " arbore is defluat. Ferunt enim palma- 

 " rum mares * culices in frudu, quem- 

 ** admodum caprifici." Thus Herodot, 

 as rendered by Bod. a Stapel f . Who 

 elfewhere If. quotes a famous traveller for 

 fuch a culture of this tree, as confirms 

 Herodot's opinion j(. 



Agaii^ 



f la Theoph. p. 115. 



t P. 103. 



{j " Agricolae etiaranum, ut refert do^iffimus Guit- 

 *» LAND, in Arabia, ^^gypto, Mefopotamia, Judaea, 

 " Phoenicia, et tola Syria, volentes, cavere ne foeminac 

 •' aut fterilitatis noxam incurrant, aut Jrutflum, queni 

 •« aliquando imaginatione libidials, ut ita dicano, con- 

 ♦* cipcre folcat, ante maturitatenu aroittant, ita ordi- 



•* nact 



