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22There is also in the island of Chios, a fountain, of which those who imprudently drink become foolish; and thereover is inscribed an epigram to the following purport; that though the water of the fountain might be pleasant to the taste, yet he who drank of it would lose his senses. The lines are thus:
Sweet drops of cooling draught the spring supplies,
But whoso drinks, his reason petrifies.
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