CHAP. 12.—WATERS WHICH SHARPEN OR DULL THE SENSES.
WATERS WHICH IMPROVE THE VOICE.
Near the town of Cescum, in Cilicia, runs the river Nus,[1]
the waters of which, according to Varro, sharpen the intellect;
while those of a certain spring in the island of Cea dull the
senses. At Zama, in Africa, there is a spring, the waters of
which render the voice more musical.[2]
1. From the Greek nou=s, "spirit," "mind," or "intelligence." Ajasson thinks it possible that its water may have assuaged vertigo, or accelerated the circulation of the blood, and that thence its reputation.
2. A fable invented by the priests, Ajasson thinks.