[1463] Or Southern Sea.
[1464] The modern Iviza and Formentera.
[1465] The Greek for which is πίτυς.
[1466] Less than two leagues in width.
[1467] The real distance is 34 miles from the northern point of Iviza, called Punta de Serra, to the southern point of Formentera, namely—across Iviza 22 miles, across the sea 5, and across Formentera 7.
[1468] Now Denia.
[1469] This is not correct: the distance is but 45 miles.
[1470] This is incorrect: taken at the very greatest, the distance is only 522 stadia, eight to the mile.
[1471] The Xucar in Spain.
[1472] We more generally find it stated that the isle of Formentera, one of the Pityussæ, was called Colubraria. He probably refers to the islands of the group about twenty leagues from the coast of Spain, now known by the name of Columbrete; but they are not near the Xucar, from which, as well as from the Pityussæ, they are distant about seventy miles. The latter islands are now generally considered as part of the group of the Baleares.