[100] Cf. Strab. xvi. 777; Diod. ii. 50, for gold in “nuggets.”

[101] Cf. Vincent, ii. 702. Ezek. v. 19.

[102] Diod. iii. 45.

[103] Cf. Ritter, Erdk. v. 521; Michael. Spicel. ii. 173.

[104] Ver. 24.

[105] Cf. Nahum iii. 16; 2 Kings iii. 4; Plin. H. N. viii. 48; and the “goodly garments of Shinar,” for the secreting of which Achan was punished, Josh. vii. 21.

[106] Euseb. Præp. Evang. ix. 41.

[107] Norris, ap. Trans. As. Soc. xvi. 221.

[108] Manil. Astron. i. 304; Hygin. Astron. ii. 2; Callimach. Fragm. 94.

[109] Strab. i. 173.