Note 2286 — THE CASSITERIDES, ICTIS, AND THE BRITISH TRADE IN TIN

See p. 483, n. 3, supra. Unger (Rhein. Mus., xxxviii, 1883, p. 171) says that after the discovery made by Crassus the mines on the islands must have been speedily worked out. But this is pure fancy: the mines on these islands were never worked out, for they never existed.