[161] Herodotus, book ii. c. 96.
[162] A talent is about sixty-five pounds weight.
[163] See also Rawlinson’s “Herodotus,” vol. ii. p. 132.
[164] Rawlinson’s “Herodotus,” vol. ii. p. 156.
[165] Tacit. Annal. ii. 6, and De Morib. German, c. xliv.
[166] See also Rawlinson’s “Herodotus,” vol. ii. p. 137.
[167] Egypt produced no forest timber nor any lofty trees, except the date-palm and sycamore, of which the mummy cases are made.
[168] See an elaborate drawing of a ship in Rawlinson’s “Herodotus,” vol. ii. p. 157.
[169] Plin. xxxvi. 12.
[170] Plin. xxxvi. 86.