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Such, then, is the way in which the Arabians obtain their
frankincense; their manner of collecting the cassia is the following:
They cover all their body and their face with the hides of oxen and
other skins, leaving only holes for the eyes, and thus protected go in
search of the cassia, which grows in a lake of no great depth. All
round the shores and in the lake itself there dwell a number of winged
animals, much resembling bats, which screech horribly, and are very
valiant. These creatures they must keep from their eyes all the while
that they gather the cassia.
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