[Footnote65:ThepassageoftheDanubeisexposedbyAmmianus,xxxi。3,4,Zosimus,l。iv。p。223,224,EunapiusinExcerpt。
Legat。p。19,20,andJornandes,c。25,26。Ammianusdeclaresc。5thathemeansonly,ispasrerumdigereresummitates。Butheoftentakesafalsemeasureoftheirimportance;andhissuperfluousprolixityisdisagreeablybalancedbyhisunseasonablebrevity。]
[Footnote66:Chishull,acurioustraveller,hasremarkedthebreadthoftheDanube,whichhepassedtothesouthofBucharestneartheconfluxoftheArgish,p。77。HeadmiresthebeautyandspontaneousplentyofMaesia,orBulgaria。]
[Footnote67:Quemsciscirevelit,LibycivelitaequorisidemDiscerequammultaeZephyroturbenturharenae。
Ammianushasinserted,inhisprose,theselinesofVirgil,Georgial。ii。105,originallydesignedbythepoettoexpresstheimpossibilityofnumberingthedifferentsortsofvines。SeePlin。Hist。Naturl。xiv。]