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