Note 2751 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
Cælius Rhodigonus, B. xxv. c. 16, states that the divers for sponges were in the habit of pouring forth oil at the bottom of the sea, for the purpose of increasing the light there; and Pliny states the same in B. ii. c. 106.