Ἰνδικά 31: Fragm. XXXI. Plutarch, de facie in orbe lunæ. (Opp. ed. Reisk. tom. ix. p. 701.) Of the race of men without mouths.

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For how could one find growing there that Indian root which Megasthenes says a race of men who neither eat nor drink, and in fact have not even mouths, set on fire and burn like incense, in order to sustain their existence with its odorous fumes, unless it received moisture from the moon ?
BOOK III.