. The honey-makers. Bees. 31 8 The Honey-Makers or not, to his cattle or his bees, if he be a physician, and be convicted of poisoning, sliall be punished with death; or if he be a private person, the court shall determine what he is to pay or suffer. But he who seems to be the sort of man who injures others by magic knots, or enchantments, or incantations, or any of the like practices, if he be a prophet or diviner, let him die ; and if, not being a prophet, he be convicted of witchcraft, as in the previous case, let the court fix what he ought to pay or suffer," We also incidentally are
. The honey-makers. Bees. 31 8 The Honey-Makers or not, to his cattle or his bees, if he be a physician, and be convicted of poisoning, sliall be punished with death; or if he be a private person, the court shall determine what he is to pay or suffer. But he who seems to be the sort of man who injures others by magic knots, or enchantments, or incantations, or any of the like practices, if he be a prophet or diviner, let him die ; and if, not being a prophet, he be convicted of witchcraft, as in the previous case, let the court fix what he ought to pay or suffer," We also incidentally are informed in the last paragraph of the estimation in which bees were held. Wax was used, too, to cover the surface of writing tablets, as upon its yielding substance hnes could be traced with the stylus. It was also used to wax the pipes of shepherds, and was put to innumerable other uses. Pliny tells us that Punic wax was considered best for medical preparations, also, ''Wax is made black by addition of ashes of papyrus, and a red color is given to it by ad- mixture of alkanet; indeed, by the employment of various pigments, it is made to assume various tints, in which state it is used for making likenesses, and for other purposes without number, among which we may mention varnishing walls and armor to protect them from the ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858-1923. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company
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