[2735] Fée thinks, from the context, that the meaning is, that the vine was employed in the construction of chariots; it depends entirely on the punctuation adopted.
[2736] This could only have happened in the first year that they were so employed.
[2737] De Re Rust. c. 31.
[2738] It is singular, Fée says, to find the wood of the palm, and that of the poplar, which are destitute of veins, enumerated among those employed for veneering.
[2740] According to Adanson, the baobab will live for more than six thousand years.
[2741] The Celtis australis of Linnæus.
[2742] In consequence of the disputes between the patricians and plebeians.
[2743] Thus deriving Lucina from “lucus,” a grove.