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 whose sap is of an oily character; and this is why statues are sometimes said to 'sweat'; for they are made of such woods. That which seers call the menses of Eileithuia,' [sic] and for the appearance of which they make atonement, forms on the wood of the silver-fir when some moisture gathers on it: the formation is round in shape, and in size about as large as a pear, or a little larger or smaller. Olive-wood is more apt than other woods to produce shoots even when lying idle or made into manufactured articles; this it often does, if it obtains moisture and lies in a damp place; thus the socket of a door-'hinge' has been known to shoot, and also an oar which was standing in damp earth in an earthenware vessel.