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Transcriber’s Notes
The two headnotes Pisé—a South African Lead and The Discovery of the Old were transposed to fit the text. They were originally printed on pages 25 and 23, respectively.
A Transcriber’s Footnote:
Pliny, Natural History, Bk. XXXV, chapter xlviii, quoted at end of Introduction:
“Have we not in Africa and in Spain walls of earth, known as ‘formocean’ walls? From the fact that they are moulded, rather than built, by enclosing earth within a frame of boards, constructed on either side. These walls will last for centuries, are proof against rain, wind, and fire, and are superior in solidity to any cement. Even at this day Spain still holds watch-towers that were erected by Hannibal.”
The standard numbering of this passage is XXXV.lxi. With punctuation and capitalization adjusted by transcriber to match author’s translation:
Quid non in Africa Hispaniaque e terra parietes, quos appellant ‘formaceos’, quoniam in forma circumdatis ii utrimque tabulis inferciuntur verius quam struuntur? Aevis durant, incorrupti imbribus, ventis, ignibus omnique caemento firmiores. Spectat etiam nunc speculas Hannibalis Hispania terrenasque turres iugis montium inpositas.