[8] Pearls, being of the nature of shell in their composition and structure, are soluble in certain acids.
[9] See map for the situation of Ephesus and of Samos.
[10] These letters, in accordance with the scale of expense and extravagance on which Cleopatra determined that every thing relating to herself and Antony should be done, were engraved on tablets made of onyx, or crystal, or other hard and precious stones.