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[507]. Id. viii. 67.
[508]. Id. i. 25.
[509]. Aristoph. Lysist. 196. Athen. x. 37. i. 24. Poll. vi. 15.
[510]. Dioscor. v. 43.
[511]. Schol. Aristoph. Acharn. 189. 643.
[512]. Dioscor. v. 48.
[513]. Id. v. 10. 27. Athen. i. 24.
[514]. Aristot. De Mirab. Auscult. t. xvi. p. 185. Tauchnitz.—Max. Tyr. Dissert. xi. p. 138. The making of this delicious beverage is the simplest process imaginable. Speaking of the Ingushians,—“The excellent honey which they produce,” observes Pallas, “is[“is] partly converted into mead, having been previously diluted with boiling water; partly used with a fermented liquor made of millet, and called Busa, and partly eaten at the dessert.” Travels in Southern Russia, ii. 204.
[515]. Plin. xiv. 20. Beckmann, Hist. of Invent. iii. 373.