‘Quanto delphinis balaena Britannica maior.’
This is also particularly applicable to the north of Scotland, whales being frequently seen off the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
(3) 4, 141,
‘Rutupinove edita fundo
ostrea.’
(4) 14, 196,
‘Castella Brigantum.’
(5) 15, 111,
‘Gallia causidicos docuit facunda Britannos,
de conducendo loquitur iam rhetore Thule.’
Cf. Tac. Agr. 21.
(6) 15, 124, ‘Brittones.’ This form is rarely found except in military inscriptions,[100] and could scarcely have been used except by one familiar with the camp in Britain.[101]