[Footnote97:Tacit。Annal。xiii。31。
Note:ThecustomsportoriaexistedinthetimesoftheancientkingsofRome。TheyweresuppressedinItaly，A。U。694，bythePraetor，CeciliusMatellusNepos。Augustusonlyreestablishedthem。Seenoteabove。—W。]
[Footnote98:SeePliny，Hist。Natur。l。vi。c。23，lxii。c。
18。HisobservationthattheIndiancommoditiesweresoldatRomeatahundredtimestheiroriginalprice，maygiveussomenotionoftheproduceofthecustoms，sincethatoriginalpriceamountedtomorethaneighthundredthousandpounds。]
[Footnote99:Theancientswereunacquaintedwiththeartofcuttingdiamonds。]