Note (49) — BOOK V.

49. Cicine.) A proper quantity of κροτωνὼν, of the Ricinus, is dried in the sun, till their exterior coat break and fall off. Then the pulp is collected, put into a mortar, and pounded well, and afterwards removed into a tinned kettle containing water, and boiled over a fire. When all the juice is obtained from them, remove the vessel from the fire, and take up the oil that swims a-top, and set it by. In Egypt, where great use is made of this oil, they obtain it by first grinding the seed, and then pressing it. Dioscorid. lib. i. cap. 38.