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[491.] Strabo, Geog., B. xv. c. 1, § 44. Hamilton’s Trans., iii. 101. Cf. Arrian’s Ind. Hist., c. 15. Rooke’s Trans., ii. 211.

[492.] Ibid.

[493.] Pliny, Nat. Hist., B. xi. c. 31. Bost. and Riley’s Trans., iii. 39.

[494.] Ubi supra, and Strabo, B. xv. c. 1, § 37.

[495.] Pomp., Vita Apollon. Tyan., B. vi. c. 1.

[496.] Bostick and Riley’s Trans. of Pliny, iii. 39, note.

[497.] Prov. vi. 6. Cf. Prov. xxx. 23.

[498.] Smith’s Bib. Dict.

[499.] Holland’s Trans., p. 787.

[500.] Guardian, No. 156–7.