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 B. in. c. v. 11. SPAIN. 263 ship-master, that they also might find the market, the ship- master of jealousy purposely ran his vessel upon a shoal, leading on those who followed him into the same destructive disaster ; he himself escaped by means of a fragment of the ship, and received from the slate the value of the cargo he had lost. The Romans nevertheless by frequent efforts dis- covered the passage, and as soon as Publius Crassus, passing over to them, perceived that the metals were dug out at a little depth, and that the men were peaceably disposed, he declared it to those who already wished to traffic in this sea for profit, although the passage was longer than that to Britain. 1 Thus far concerning Iberia and the adjacent islands. 1 Viz. that the Cassiterides are farther removed from the coasts of Spain than the rest of the southern coasts of England.