[1659] See the list of authors at the end of this [Book].
[1660] “Arbusta:” trees on which vines were trained. See B. xvii. c. 35.
[1661] Holland has the following Note upon this passage: “O Pliny, what wouldst thou say, if thou didst see and hear the pistols, muskets, culverines, and cannons in these days.” Vol. II. p. 513.—B.
[1662] The charge that death is always the work of Nature.—B.
[1663] Or “stylus.”
[1664] See Ovid, Metam. B. iv. l. 467, et seq.; and Fasti, B. vi. l. 489, et seq.—B.
[1665] An artist mentioned also by Ovid and Pausanias.—B. And by Virgil.
[1666] “Mars Ultor.” In the Forum of Augustus, in the Eighth Region of the City.
[1667] The Isle of Elba, which has been celebrated for the extent and the richness of its iron mines both by the ancients and the moderns.—B. Ajasson remarks that it appears to be a solid rock composed of peroxide of iron.
[1668] “Clavis caligariis.” See B. viii. c. 44, B. ix. c. 33, and B. xxii. c. 46.