USES OF HONEY AND WAX. 173 



And then, in those days gone by, several beverages, 

 .and some fermented drinks, were largely made of it. 

 Mead is often made with it now. In Russia a drink is 

 made of it of about the same strength as beer, and is 

 an article of regular consumption. It is called ' Mjod.' 



But it is as actual food that it is also very useful ; 

 I mean by this that it can not only be used largely in 

 many articles of food, but that it has in itself some of 

 those properties which supply the wants of our bodies. 



There is with our bodies a daily wear and tear 

 going on, which soon causes exhaustion, unless they 

 are continually replenished with proper food. And 

 the food we take for .this purpose must be of varied 

 kind ; for one description of food, or some portion of 

 that food, supplies a certain class of wants ; and 

 another food, or a part of such food, some of the 

 other wants. No one food by itself, except, perhaps, 

 milk, supplies all the wants of our bodies. Roast 

 beef is good, but no one could live upon it without 

 something else. The body would soon starve, for, 

 although the beef contains some things good for the 

 body, it is wanting in others which are essential. 

 Thus, as I have said, there must be variety in our 

 food. 



One of the most important varieties which is 

 necessary to us is sugar. I do not mean only the 

 sugar as you generally eat it, but the sugar which, 

 although you do not know it, is contained in many 

 things which you eat. A great deal of this important 

 sugar is contained in honey, and is there present in 

 a form which makes it especially useful to the body, 

 giving it heat and energy, and acting as a most useful 



