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12.17 CHAP. 17.—SUGAR.

Arabia, too, produces sugar; [Note] but that of India is the most esteemed. This substance is a kind of honey, which collects

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in reeds, white, like gum, and brittle to the teeth. The larger pieces are about the size of a filbert; it is only employed, however, in medicine.



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