Note 068
Pliny, Hist. Natur. l. xxxiii. 15. The gold
and silver mines of Colchos attracted the Argonauts, (Strab.
l. i. p. 77.) The sagacious Chardin could find no gold in
mines, rivers, or elsewhere. Yet a Mingrelian lost his hand
and foot for showing some specimens at Constantinople of
native gold]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 42