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the two to which the Greeks have given the name of PitynsssB^ 

 from the pine-tree^ which they produce. These islands now 

 bear the name of Ebusus, and form a federate state. They 

 are separated by a narrow strait' of the sea, and are forty-six* 

 miles in extent. They are distant from Dianium' 700 stadia, 

 Dianium being by laud the same distance* from New Car- 

 thage. At the same distance' from the Pityussae, lie, in the 

 open sea, the two Baleares, and, over against the river Sucro*, 

 Colubraria". The Baleares'", so formidable in war with 

 their sliugers", have received from the Greeks the name of 

 Gymnaaiae. 



The larger island is 100'^ miles in length, and 475 in cir- 

 cumference. It has the following towns ; Palma" and Pol- 

 lentia", enjoying the rights of Boman citizens, Cinium" and 

 l\icis, with Latin rights: Bocchorum, a federate town, is 

 no longer in existence. At thirty miles* distance is the 



' The modern Iviza and Formentera- 

 ^ The Greek for which is Tr^rvs. 



* Less than two leagues in width. 



* The real distance is 34 miles from the northern point of Iviza, called 

 Punta de Serra, to the southern point of Formentera, namely — across Iviza 

 22 miles, across the sea 5, and across Formentera 7. 



* Now Denia. • This is not correct : the distance is but 45 miles. 

 ' This is incorrect : taken at the very greatest, the distance is only 



522 stadia, eight to the mile. 



* The Xucar in Spain. 



' We more generally find it stated that the isle of Formentera, one of 

 the Pityussse, was called Colubraria. He probably refers to the islands 

 of the group about twenty leagues from the coast of Spain, now known 

 by the name of Columbrete ; but they are not near the Xucar, fi^m 

 which, as well as from the Pityussse, they are distant about seventy miles. 

 Tlie latter islands are now generally considered as part of the group of 

 the Baleares. 



^° Now Majorca and Minorca, with the ancient Pityussse. 



" They served as mercenaries, first under the Carthaginians and after- 

 wards imder the Romans. The ancient writers generally derive the name 

 of the people from their skill as archers — (iaXeapels, from (3aX\<n, " to 

 throw " ; but Strabo assigns to the name a Phoenician origin, as being 

 equivalent to the Greek yv/iv^rat, " light-armed soldiers." It is probably 

 from their light equipment that the Greeks gave to the islands the name 

 of Fvfivriaiai. Livy says that they used to go naked during the summer. 



^2 Seventy miles is the real length of Majorca, and the circimiferenoe 

 is barely 250 miles. 



^3 Still called Palma. This and Pollentia were Roman colonies settled 

 by Metellus. " Now Pollenza. i° Now Sineu on the Borga. 



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