[Footnote 57: The ancients, or at least the Athenians,
believed that all the bees in the world had been propagated
from Mount Hymettus. They taught, that health might be
preserved, and life prolonged, by the external use of oil,
and the internal use of honey, (Geoponica, l. xv. c 7, p.
1089 - 1094, edit. Niclas.)]