[2961] In confirmation of this, Ajasson remarks that amber is found at Saint Paulet in the Department Du Gard, and at Aix, in the Department of Bouches-du-Rhône, regions not very distant from the territory of ancient Liguria.
[2962] It has been supposed by some that this in reality was Tourmaline, and Woodward has identified it with Belemnites. See Beckmann, Hist. Inv. Vol. I. p. 86. Bohn’s Edition. See further as to “Lyncurium,” B. viii. c. 57, and Chapter [13] of this Book.
[2963] See B. iv. c. 28.
[2964] See B. iv. c. 27.
[2965] Said in reference to the electric spark, Ajasson thinks.
[2966] In Hebrew, this word means “a stone.”
[2967] From the Greek ἁρπάζω, “to drag.”
[2968] See B. x. c. 38.
[2969] All this is based, Ajasson thinks, upon the stories of Hindoo mythology.
[2970] The old reading is “Osericta:” Ajasson identifies it with the island of Oësel in the Baltic.