[1741] De Re Rust. cc. 130, 169.
[1742] Dolia and cadi. Fée observes, that this, if done with the modern vessels, would have a tendency to make the oil turn rancid.
[1743] On the contrary, Fée is inclined to think it would attract them, from its mucilaginous properties.
[1744] Olive oil, however, has a tendency to generate verdigrease in copper vessels.
[1745] This, as Fée remarks, is probably so absurd as not to be worth discussing.
[1746] Re Rust. B. i. c. 2.
[1747] If she happens to have destroyed the buds, but not otherwise.
[1748] The Pinus cembro, probably, of Linnæus.
[1749] See B. xvi. c. [23]. The nuts of the pine are sweet, and have an agreeable flavour.
[1750] Probably the wild pine, the Pinus silvestris of the moderns. The nuts are slightly resinous.