[3162] It is no longer used, and Fée doubts its utility.

[3163] Hardouin suggests “Tarracina.”

[3164] In c. [16] of this Book.

[3165] To drain the upper part of the tree.

[3166] Pergulas. See B. xiv. c. [3].

[3167] See B. xviii. c. 56. These, of course, are mere superstitions.

[3168] Animalium.

[3169] In B. xiii. c. [6].

[3170] In B. xiii. c. [47].

[3171] This is the opinion of Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. iv. c. 16.