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1 He no doubt alludes to "petroleum," rock-oil, or Barbadoes tar.
2 So called from the Greek λιπαρὸς, "unctuous."
3 A new reading given by Sillig in place of "India," the former one. Tasitia is the name of a district mentioned by Ptolemy, iv. 7, 15, as being in Æthiopia. He alludes to a burning spring, probably, of naphtha or of petroleum. The burning springs of Bakou in the East are well known. Genoa is lighted with naphtha from the village of Amiano, in Parma.
4 In Macedonia.
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