Note 525 — Chapter I · FLAX.
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De Venat. ii. 4. Gratius Faliscus, in his directions on the same subject, recommends the flax from the rich moist plains about the river Cinyps, not very far from Carthage.
Optima Cinyphiæ, ne quid contere, paludes Lina dabunt.—Cynegeticon, 34, 35.