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ct of "Nature fuppofe, that the Exhalations from 
“ the Earth and Water, after being perfedly attenu- 
“ ated and digefted by the Heat of the Sun, had 
ct been re-united and condenfed by the Coldnefs 
“ of the Night following. But this feldom hap- 
“ pens with us, though often every Year upon 
“ Mount Libanus ; where they fpread Skins upon 
<c the Ground, and then fhaking the Trees, gather 
“ what falls from them, and fill Jars and earthen 
“ Vefifels with Honey ♦, which they called rofcidum 
“ and aerium Mel , roral and aerial Honey” Hip- 
pocrates likewife in his Book concerning Ulcers feems 
to have mentioned this melleous Juice of Mount 
Libanus. “ To cure Ulcers (fays he) another Me- 
<c dicament is mixed with the Wine, namely, a 
c< little cedrine Honey, (mel cedritium.)” So he terms 
it, becaufe it was gathered upon the Cedars of this 
Mountain, in the fame Manner as the Manna of 
Bnanzon is now gathered upon Larch-Trees in Bau- 
phiny . Amynthas , 1. i. de Afi<e Manfionibus , accord- 
ing to Athen<eus , gives the following Account of 
aerial Honey. “ They pull it from Trees with the 
Leaves upon which it is found, and then put it 
“ together in the Form of a Syrian Mafs. Some 
u make it into Balls, from which, when they have 
“ a Mind to take it, they break fmall Pieces. Thefe 
“ being diflolved in Water, they afterwards ftrain 
cc the Liquor, and drink it out of wooden Cups 
cc which they call k 7 ’abata ; and its Tafte is like that 
“ of diluted Honey, or even much more agree- 
<c able.” Thefe Words are applicable enough to 
fome of our officinal Manna. Pliny fpeaks of this 
melleous Juice, agreeably indeed, but with very 
little Regard to Truth. “ Upon the firft Approach 
<c of Morning (fays he) the Leaves of Trees are 
“ found covered with Honey like Dew ; and if any 
“ Perfon have been walking abroad early, he may 
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