[681] The timber is moistened, but the tow which was between the planks keeps smouldering. Tow seems to have been used to close up the interstices. Forc. quotes from Varro ap. Gell. 17. 3, “Liburni plerasque navis loris suebant, Graeci magis cannabo et stuppa.” ‘Vivit’ is transferred from the flames to the thing ignited.
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