[2743] Pumice is still used as the basis of a dentifrice, but it destroys the enamel of the teeth.
[2745] Or “temples of the Muses:” evidently grottos in the present instance.
[2746] In allusion to the line, “Aridâ modo pumice expolitum”—“Just polished with dry pumice-stone.” Ep. I. l. 2. Both the backs of books and the parchment used for writing were rubbed with pumice.
[2747] Sec B. v. c. 36.
[2749] Hist. B. ix. c. 18.
[2750] As a preventive of vomiting.
[2751] “Musta.” Grape-juice in the process of being made into wine.
[2752] Delafosse suggests that this may have been grey-spotted granite. The name is doubtful, as “Edesian” and “Ephesian” are other readings.