[751] Pliny, viii. 29.
[752] Ancient authors, under the name of Sphinx, generally describe the ape, Simia troglodyte of Gmelin. Du Theil.
[753] Simia innuus.
[754] Simia cepus.
[755] The spotted hyæna.
[756] See b. xv. c. 1, § [45].
[757] The juice of the berries is a strong purge.
[759] The bay of Heroopolis is the modern bay of Suez. In the text “Ælanitic bay,” which is an error of the author or of the copyist.
[760] An altar to Poseidon (Neptune), which was erected by Aristo, whom one of the Ptolemies had sent to explore the Arabian Gulf.