I98 ON HONEY. 



and faponaceous qualities, from, a fixed 

 alkaline fait, combined with the efiential 

 oil. 



It is wonderful, amid ft the great che- 

 mical difcoveries of this age, that this bene- 

 ficial article mould never have been thought 

 of importance enough to obtain an analyfis ; 

 by which a procefs might be deduced, to 

 free it from its offending qualities, without 

 impairing its medicinal ones. VxohabXy fuch 

 a refinement as is ufed with fugar might pro- 

 duce the effect ; though with the lofs of its 

 fragrancy and fine tafte. 



Bees will not feed on candied honey, nor 

 fyrup formed of rough-grained fugar, but 

 fuck up the liquid part, and leave the granules 

 behind. 



GHAP. 



