The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

by the Elder Pliny

CHAP. 17.—SUGAR.

Arabia, too, produces sugar;[474] but that of India is the most esteemed. This substance is a kind of honey, which collects in reeds, white, like gum, and brittle to the teeth. The larger pieces are about the size of a filbert; it is only employed, however, in medicine.