Note 777 — BOOK THE TWENTY-FOURTH.

Footnote 777: (return) The only clear explanation of this passage seems to be that of the traveller Clarke, quoted by Kennedy, as follows: “The Greeks in fishing let their line, with the lead at the end, run over a piece of horn fixed at the side of the boat,” to prevent, as Kennedy remarks, the wear from friction. Pollux, x. 30, 31, merely mentions the μολυβδαίνη among the implements of fishermen; but says nothing of the manner in which it was used.