[1727] Some manuscripts read Diagebres.
[1728] The nephew of Hercules, being the son of Iphiclus, his brother.
[1729] That is, Corsica and Sardinia run in a line north and south, and Elba lies to one side; the παράλληλοι σχεδὸν αἱ τρεῖς is an example showing how happily a circumstance may be expressed in Greek, while no amount of labour will adapt an English equivalent.
[1730] The real distance, according to Gosselin, is 115 miles.
[1731] Porto Ercole.
[1732] The Stagno d’ Orbitello.
[1733] Situated in the marshy plain commanded by the heights of Corneto, between the Mignone and the Marta.
[1734] This town stood on the site of the present S. Severa, at the mouth of the Rio-Castrica.
[1735] The ancient Alsium occupied the site of the place now called Statua; below it are the vestiges of the Portus Alsiensis, at the embouchure of the Rio-Cupino, a little to the east of Palo.
[1736] Torre Macarese.