Etiam inspicitur. It is even seen by the Gauls, implying nearer approach to Gaul, than to Germany or Spain.
Nullis terris. Abl. abs., contra taking the place of the part., or rather limiting a part. understood.
Livius. In his 105th Book; now lost, except in the Epitome.
Fabius Rusticus. A friend of Seneca, and writer of history in the age of Claudius and Nero.
Oblongae scutulae. Geometrically a trapezium.
Et est ea facies. And such is the form, exclusive of Caledonia, whence the account has been extended also to the whole Island.
Sed—tenuatur. But a vast and irregular extent of lands jutting out here (jam, cf. note, G. 44) on this remotest shore (i.e. widening out again where they seemed already to have come to an end), is narrowed down as it were into a wedge. The author likens Caledonia to a wedge with its apex at the Friths of Clyde and Forth, and its base widening out on either side into the ocean beyond. Enormis is a post-Augustan word. Novissimi==extreme, remotest. G. 24, note.
Affirmavit. Established the fact, hitherto supposed, but not fully ascertained. This was done in Agricola's last campaign in Britain, cf. 38.
Orcadas. The Orkneys. Their name occurs earlier than this, but they were little known.
Dispecta est. Was seen through the mist, as it were; discovered in the distance and obscurity. Cf. note, H. 4, 55: dispecturas Gallias, etc.