[23] The island is said to be a ‘sinus,’ a bay, forming a doubtful roadstead, being all for which it was then remarkable. ‘Male fida,’ opposed to “statio tutissima,” G. 4. 421. Forb. rightly distinguishes ‘statio’ from “portus,” and Henry appositely refers to Vell. Pat. 2. 72, “Exitialemque tempestatem fugientibus statio pro portu foret.”
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