299 Sketch. of the Hiftory of Sueais 
it, quoted by Strabo.f It is not; however, clear, 
from what he fays, that any art was ufed in bring- 
ing the juice of the cane to the confiftence of 
fugar. 
— heophraftus,* who lived not long after, feéms 
to have had fome;knowledge of fugar, at leaft. of 
the cane from which it is prepared. In enume- 
rating the different kinds of honey, he mentions 
one that is found in reeds, { which muft have 
been meant of fome of thofe kinds which produce 
fugar. 
Eittofthenies.* oe is quoted by Strabo, * as 
{peaking of the roots of large reéds found in 
India, which were fweet to the tafte both when 
raw and when boiled. 
‘The next author, in point of time, that makes 
mention of fugar, is: Varto,? who, in a fragment 
quoted 
- Eveyze Se megt Twv tehapwd OTL TOISct pehi, pehic- 
Gav wy sowv. ~Strabonj .L, xv. : 
t AAAy dE év TOIS KaAapoIG. Fragment of Theophraf- 
a preferved in Photius, See p. 864. Edit. Augfburg, 
i6ot. 
* Kat rag giles Trav DuTwvy vor werige Tay pweye- 
Awy nadejewy, yhunets nor Quoa ues ebyce. Strabon: 
L, xv. 7 | Ciney wre 
* A.C, 303. 2 A, C223. 3 A.C, 68, 
