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<blockquote>They that inhabit the British promontory of Belerium, by reason of their converse with merchants, are more civilized and courteous to strangers than the rest are. These are the people that make the tin, which with a great deal of care and labour they dig out of the ground; and that being rocky, the metal is mixed with some veins of earth, out of which they melt the metal, and then refine it; then they beat it into four-square pieces like to a dye, and carry it to a British isle near at hand, called Ictis.<ref>G. Booth, trans., ''The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian'', vol. 1 (London: J. Davis, 1814), pp. 310–11.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>They that inhabit the British promontory of Belerium, by reason of their converse with merchants, are more civilized and courteous to strangers than the rest are. These are the people that make the tin, which with a great deal of care and labour they dig out of the ground; and that being rocky, the metal is mixed with some veins of earth, out of which they melt the metal, and then refine it; then they beat it into four-square pieces like to a dye, and carry it to a British isle near at hand, called Ictis.<ref>G. Booth, trans., ''The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian'', vol. 1 (London: J. Davis, 1814), pp. 310–11.</ref></blockquote> | ||
From Diodorus’ description, the island of Ictis is almost certainly St. Michael’s Mount, an island near Land’s End in Cornwall. | From Diodorus’ description, the island of Ictis is almost certainly St. Michael’s Mount, an island near Land’s End in Cornwall. He continues: | ||
<blockquote>The merchants transport the tin they buy of the inhabitants to France; and for thirty days journey, they transport it on horses’ backs through France, to the mouth of the river Rhone.<ref>Ibid., p. 311.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>The merchants transport the tin they buy of the inhabitants to France; and for thirty days journey, they transport it on horses’ backs through France, to the mouth of the river Rhone.<ref>Ibid., p. 311.</ref></blockquote> | ||