Note J — Chapter IV · THE TOWER OF SENECA.

It may be worth while to notice a contradiction between this epigram and the preceding, in order that no more insults to Corsica may be fathered on Seneca than he is probably the author of. It is not quite easy to imagine that the writer who, in one epigram, had characterized Corsica as "traversed by fish-abounding streams"—piscosis pervia fluminibus—would in another deny that it afforded a draught of water—non haustus aquæ. Such an expression as piscosis pervia fluminibus guarantees to a considerable extent both quantity and quality of water.—Tr.