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348
DRINKS.
honey
of
bees
;
the
honey
of
hornets
Is
not
to
be
numbered
in
the
Hst.
In
the
Tosephoth
of
Shabbath
it
is
asked,
How
do
we
know
that
blood
is
a
drink?
Because
it
is
said
(Num.
xxiii.
24),
And
drink
the
blood
of
the
slain.
How
do
we
know
that
wine
is
a drink?
Because
It
is
said
(Deut.
xxxii.
14),
And
thou
didst
drink
the
pure
blood
of
the
grape.
How
do
we
know
that
honey
is
a
drink
?
Because
it
is
said
(Deut.
xxxll.
13),
But
He
made
him
to
suck
honey
out
of
the
rock.
How
do
we
know
that
oil
is
a
drink
?
Because
it
is
said
(Isa.
xxv.
6),
A
feast
of
fat
things.
How
do
we
know
that
milk
is
a
drink
?
Because
it
is
said
(Judges
iv.
19),
And
she
opened
a
bottle
of
milk
and
gave
him
drink.
How
do
we
know
that
dew
is
a drink
?
Because
it
is
said
(Judges
vi.
38),
And
wringed
the
dew
out
of
the
fleece,
a
bowl
full
of
water.
There
is
a
curious
addition,
reminding
us
of
Taylor,
the
water
poet.
How
do
we
know
that
the
tears
of
the
eye
are
a
drink
?
Because
it
is
said
(Ps.
Ixxx.
5),
And
givest
them
tears
to
drink
in
great
measure.
How
do
we
know
that
the
water
of
the
nose
is
a
drink
?
Because
—
but
the
reader
has
had
probably
enough
of
the
Rabbinical
lucubrations.
A
chapter
of
this
book
might,
were
not
space
a
con-
sideration,
be
devoted
to
water,
which
Thales
^
declared
to
be
the
first
principle
of
things,
and,
according
to
Seneca,^
valentissimum
elementum.
Iced,
it
was
in-
veighed
^
against
by
the
Stoic
philosopher,
as
injurious
*
Arist.,
Metaph.,
i.
3.
2
Seneca,
Nat.
Qucest.j
iii.
13.
^
Ibid.,
iv.
13.