CROSSING RIVERS ON SKINS

The mode of crossing a river on skins, mentioned by Layard (*Nineveh and its Remains*, 5th edition, vol. i. p. 129., vol. ii. p. 381.) is also referred to in the works of the following ancient writers. I quote *Facciolati Lexicon Totius Latinitatis*, in vocibus *Uter* et *Utricularius*. [Edit. *Furlanetto*, 4to.] "Frequens fuit apud veteres utrium usus ad flumina trananda, *Liv.* 21. 27. Hispani, sine ulla mole, in utres vestimentis conjectis, ipsi cetris suppositis incubantes, flumen tranavere, *Cæs.* B.G. i. 48. Lusitani, peritique earum regionum cetrati citerioris Hispaniæ, consectabantur,…