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cc perceive his Garments bedewed, and hisr'Hairs 
“ matted together, by this Liquor, &c” Neither 
have the Latin Poets been filent with Refpeft to this 
Juice. Thus Virgil , Eel. 4. 
Et dura quercus fudabunt rofcida Mdla. 
And Ovid, Meta?norph. 1. 
Flavaque de viridi ftillabant Ilice mella. 
The Arabians under aerial Honey comprehend Te- 
reniabin. Mama , and Sacchar Alhuzar or Alaffer. Of 
thefe they enumerate many Sorts, but with lb great 
Obfcurity that it is impoffible to afcertain their Dif- 
tindlions. Avicenna defines Manna to be all the fweet 
Dew in general which falls from the Heavens upon 
Stones or Trees, and which grows thick like Honey, or 
hardens like Gum ; fuchas Lereniabin, Siracon , and the 
Honey which he fays is brought from Coraffeni in the 
Form of a Rob (perhaps the fat and liquid Honey of 
Mount Libanus in the Confidence of a thick Syrup.) 
In another Place he fays, “ Tereniabin or 'Trungubin 
<c is a Dew which falls modly in Coraffeni , in the 
“ Countries beyond the River, and in our Country 
“ for the mod Part upon the Alhagi . Sacchar Alaf- 
“ fer is Manna which falls upon the Alhufar like 
<c Grains of Salt.” 
According to Serapio *, Tereniabin is a Dew 
which falls from the Heavens refembling a concreted 
granular Honey. “ It is called (fays he) Honey of 
iC Dew. It falls modly upon Trees in an oriental 
“ Country called Coraffeni. The Leaves of the 
* He is commonly called Serapion , but I have wrote his Name 
as above out of Deference to my Author, vsfho feems to have 
had a good Acquaintance with the medical Writings of the Ara- 
bians, 
T 3 Trees, 
