[1623] There are now eleven, some of which are supposed to have risen from the sea since the time of Pliny.
[1624] From Vulcan the god of fire, the Greek Hephæstus.
[1625] Now called the Great Lipara.
[1626] According to Solinus, c. vi., Æolus succeeded him. Its name Melogonis was by some ascribed to its great produce of honey.
[1627] The shortest distance between these localities is forty-six miles.
[1628] Now called Volcano.
[1629] Now Strongoli and Stromboli. It is the only one of these mountains that is continually burning. Notwithstanding the dangers of their locality, this island is inhabited by about fifty families.
[1630] Strabo makes the same mistake; the distance is twenty miles.
[1631] According to Hardouin and D’Anville this is the modern Saline, but Mannert says Panaria. The geographers differ in assigning their ancient names to the other three, except that Euonymos, from its name, the “left-hand” island, is clearly the modern Lisca Bianca.
[1632] These are the Gulf of Locri, the Gulf of Scyllacium, and the Gulf of Tarentum.