[1028] The companions of Onesicritus and Nearchus.
[1029] Fée hazards a conjecture that this may be the Gorgonia scirpea of Pallas, found in the Indian Seas.
[1030] One of the Gorgoniæ, Fée thinks; but its characteristics are not sufficiently stated to enable us to identify it.
[1031] A fable worthy of Sinbad the Sailor!
[1032] “Isidis crinem.” Fée says that this is evidently black coral, the Gorgonia antipathes of Linnæus.
[1033] “The eyelid of the Graces.” Fée is almost tempted to think that he means red coral.
[1034] Amatoriis.
[1035] Spatalia. Armlets or bracelets.
[1036] By this apparently fabulous story, one would be almost inclined to think that he is speaking of a zoophyte.
[1037] See end of B. ii.