[818] See B. iv. c. 33.

[819] See B. iv. c. 33.

[820] See B. xxxiv. c. 48.

[821] See B. iv. c. 31.

[822] A family of the Atilia gens.

[823] It was, and is still to some extent, a prevalent opinion, that the humidity of caves under-ground is favourable to the manufacture of tissues of hemp and flax.

[824] In Spain. Sec B. i. c. 1, and B. iii. c. 4.

[825] Cluvier takes this place to be the same with Litubium in Liguria, mentioned by Livy, B. xxxii.

[826] “Lanugo.” This is not generally looked upon as a merit in linen, at the present day.

[827] Now Tarragona. See B. iii. c. 4.