Notes—Island of the Fay

(*1) See Archimedes, “De Incidentibus in Fluido.”—lib. 2.

(*1) Moraux is here derived from moeurs, and its meaning is “fashionable” or more strictly “of manners.”

(*2) Speaking of the tides, Pomponius Mela, in his treatise “De Situ Orbis,” says “either the world is a great animal, or” etc

(*3) Balzac—in substance—I do not remember the words

(*4) Florem putares nare per liquidum aethera.—P. Commire.