Foreign VEGEf ables.' 
to fpeak of it more than once; but his Scholar 
Thecphraftus was much better acquainted with it. 
In his Hiftory of Plants, l. 3. c. 9. he fays that 
Honey is produced from the Air, and is found up- 
on no Leaves more common than thofe of the 
Oak-tree : And befides in a Fragment of his Book 
upon Bees, prefer ved by Photius in his Bibliotheca , 
he diftinguiihes three Kinds of Honey, ( viz.) One 
which the Bees make from Flowers ; another which 
proceeds from the Air, when the humid Exhalati- 
ons of the Earth fall down again after they have 
been concodted by the Sun, which ufually happens 
in the Time of Harveft ; and herein it agrees with 
our Manna : A third Kind which is found in Reeds, 
which is the fame with our Sugar. Diofcorides 
tells us, that Elaomeli or Honey -Oil flows from a 
certain Tree in Syria ; that it is an Oil thicker than 
Honey, and of a fweet Tafte. He fays, that be- 
ing given to the Quantity of about three Ounces 
in a Pint of Water, it purges Bile and Crudities* 
This feems to agree pretty well with what we call 
Manna pinguis or fat Manna. Galen upon Ali- 
ments, A3, c. 39. diftinguiihes the Honey of Plants 
from that of Animals, and fpeaks of it thus. “ It 
“ is produced upon the Leaves of Plants ; yet is 
<c neither their Juice, nor their Fruit, nor any Part 
<c of them, but is of the fame Nature with Dew, 
<c though it does not fall down fo conftantly as that, 
<c nor in fo great Abundance. I remember that one 
Day in the Summer- Seafon, when a great deal 
<6 of Honey had been found upon the Leaves of 
u Trees and Shrubs, the Peafants were fporting 
<c for Joy, and finging Jupiter melle pluit , Jupiter 
cc makes it rain Honey. Now the preceding Night 
“ having been cold for that Time of the Year 
“ (which as we have faid was Summer) and the Day 
4i before hot and dry, the molt fkilful Interpreters 
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