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the blessings of the promised land : " I will 

 give you a land flowing with milk and honey." 



When the Israelites murmured for want of 

 bread, the Almighty gave them manna, " and 

 the taste of it was like wafers made with 

 honey. And Moses said unto them, this is 

 the bread which the Lord has given you to 

 eat : And the children of Israel did eat 

 manna forty years.*" 



Lord Bacon observes, " There are three 

 things in use for sweetness, sugar, honey, and 

 manna :" he adds, " Sugar was scarce known 

 to the ancients, and in little use." 



We may safely conclude, that the sweet- 

 ness of the cane was discovered and appre- 

 ciated many ages prior to the making of 

 sugar. The sw r eet cane is mentioned in the 

 Old Testament, in a manner which suggests 

 that this kind of sweet was not altogether 

 unknown to the ancient Jews, but that it 

 formed a part of the costly rarities used in 

 their religious ceremonies and sacrifices. 

 Moses was commanded to make the holy 

 anointing oil of pure myrrh, sweet cinnamon, 

 and sweet calamus, f The prophet Jere- 

 miah says " To what purpose cometh there to 



# Exodus chap. xvi. t Exodus c. xxx. v. 23. 



