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Agathymum, the colony of Tyndaris*, the town of Mylae', 

 and then Pelorus, the spot at which we began. 



In the interior there are the following towns enjoying 

 Latin privileges, those of the Centuripini^ the Netini^, and 

 the Segestani" ; tributary towns are tnose of the Assorini", 

 the jEtnenses', the Agyrini®, the Acestaei, the Acrenses^ the 

 Bidini'", the Cetarini", the Cacyrini", the Drepanitani, 

 the Ergetini", the Echetlienses'^ the Erycini", the En- 

 tellini'S the Enini'', the Enguini'*, the Gelani", the Gala- 



* Probably situate near the church of Santa Maria at Tindari, now the 

 Capo di Mongioio. ^ Now called Melazzo. 



' Their city was Centuripa, on a hill S.W. of -^tna. The modem 

 Centorbi occupies its site, and some of its ruins may still be seen. 



* Netum probably stood on the spot now known as Noto Anticho. 



* The ruins of Segesta are supposed to be those near the river San 

 Bartolomeo, twelve miles south of Alcamo. * Asaro occupies its site. 



7 A people dwelling at the foot of Mount JEtna, according to D'An- 

 ville, at a place now called NicolosL 



^ Tlie people of Agyrium ; the site of which is now called San Filippo 

 d' Argiro. Diodorus Siculus was a native of this place. 



* Acrse occupied a bleak hill in the vicinity of the modem Pallazolo, 

 where its ruins are still to be seen. 



^" Their town was Bidis near Syracuse. The modem Bibino or San 

 Giovanni di Bidini is supposed to stand on its site. 



" The people of Cetaria, between Fanormus and Drepanum. Its site 

 is unknown. 



*2 The people of Cacyrum, supposed to have stood on the site of the 

 modem Cassaro. The Drepanitani were so called from living on the 

 promontory of Drepanum. 



'3 The ruins near La Cittadella are probably those of Ergetimn. 



^* The people of Echetla. According to Faziello and Cluver its ruins 

 were those to be seen at the place called Occhiala or Occhula, two miles 

 fi^m the town of Gran Michele. 



^5 The inhabitants of the city of Eryr, on the mountain of that name, 

 now San Giuliano. The ancient city stood probably half-way down the 

 moimtain. 



^^ The town of Entella survived till the thirteenth centiiry, when it 

 was destroyed by the Emperor Frederic II. The ruins were formerly to 

 be seen near Poggio la Reale. 



^7 Perhaps the people of Enna, once a famous city. According to the 

 story as related by Ovid and Claudian, it was from this spot that Pro- 

 serpine was carried off by Pluto. It stood on the same site as the town of 

 Castro Giovanni. This note may however be more appHcable to the 

 Hennenses, mentioned below. 



18 The ruins of Enguinum are probably those in the vicinity of the 

 modem town of Gangi. 



1^ The people of Gkla, one of the most important cities of Sicily. Its 



