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at firfl liquid, but afterwards thickening into 
Grumes under the Form of an efiential, oily, con- 
creted Salt. It is found not only upon Afh-Trees, 
but fometimes alfo upon the Larch-Tree, the Pine, 
Fir, Cak, Juniper, Maple, Olive, Fig-Tree, and 
others. 
It differs according to its Confidence, its Form, 
the Trees from which it exudes, and the Places 
wherein it is gathered. One Sort is liquid, of the 
Confidence of Honey : Another in folid Drops, 
which is called Maflichina. It fometimes forms it- 
felf into fmall Lumps, and is called Marine en Ma - 
tons ; or fometimes runs into long Tears like Icicles, 
and then is termed vermicular is or bombycina . From 
the Trees out of which it flows, it takes the Names 
of Cedrina , Fraxinea , Laricea, Alhcigina , &c. With 
Refpecd to Place, it is divided into the Oriental , and 
European. 
Oriental Manna, which is found in the Indies , in 
Perfia , and Arabia , is twofold ; the liquid which is 
like Honey, and the concreted . Many Authors 
make Mention of the liquid Sort. Confentinus and 
Bellonius tell us that it is called in Arabia by the 
old Name Fereniabin. They fuppofe it to be the 
cedrine Honey , K Jjowov plki, of Hippocrates , and the 
Dew of Mount Libanus of which Galen fpeaks. 
Bellonius , in his Obfervations, fays that the Monks 
inhabiting Mount Sina gather a liquid Manna upon 
their Mountains, which they call Fereniabin , to dif- 
tinguifh it from the hard or folid Manna. Garcias 
and Ccefalpinus alfo relate that the fame is met with 
in the Indies , and likewife in Italy upon the Apen - 
nine Hills, and that it refembles a white purified 
Honey, but is foon corrupted. This liquid Manna 
differs only in Confidence from the folid, into 
which it will concrete, if not prevented by the 
Humidity of the Air. Avicenna , Garcias ab Horio , 
