ἵππων
Αἵματι μίσγοντες λευκὸν γάλα δαῖτα τίθεντο.
“Or with horses blood,
And white milk mingled set their banquets forth,”
Orbis Desc., 578.
And Sidonius, to the same effect,
“solitosque cruentum
Lac potare Getas, et pocula tingere venas.”
Parag. ad Avitum.
Another strange variety of drink is made by the Peruvians. The ordinary chica is mixed with the bloody garments of a slain warrior. Temple (Travels, ii., 311).