[2918] Works and Days, l. 594.
[2919] “Merum.”
[2920] It is surprising, as Fée says, to find coriander enumerated among the poisons. Mistletoe, too, and mercury are neither of them poisons. As to hemlock, see B. xiv. c. 7.
[2921] See Lucan’s Pharsalia, B. ix. ll. 722, 791.
[2922] See B. xi. c. 71.
[2923] This method is still employed with race-horses. See B. xiv. c. 28.
[2924] It is still a very prevalent notion that the growth of dogs is stunted by giving them raw spirits.
[2925] The wines of Surrentum and Stata were Campanian wines.
[2926] “Volgo.”
[2927] “Sacco.” A strainer of linen cloth. See B. xiv. c. 28, and B. xix. c. [19]. While it diminished the strength, however, it was considered to injure the flavour.