[3171] A kind of Baboon. See B. vi. c. 35, B. vii. c. 2, and B. viii. c. 80.
[3172] It is considered very doubtful whether the modern Hyacinth or Zircon is one of the number of stones that were called “Hyacinthus” by the ancients. Jameson appears to have thought that they gave this name to the oriental amethyst or violet sapphire.
[3173] See B. xxi. c. 38.
[3174] Generally supposed to be the Oriental topaz, yellow Sapphire or yellow Corundum. We have already seen, in Chapter [32], that the “Topazos” of the ancients was in all probability the modern Chrysolite.
[3175] In Pontus: see B. vi. c. 4.
[3177] Supposed to be yellow-white Hyacinth. See Chapter [12] of this Book.
[3178] “Electrum.”