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This reference is said to doubtless refer to the islands of the Aegian Sea, from whence many claim, the Tyrians obtained the shell-fish, -- the murex and papura, which produced the dark-blue and bright-scarlet coloring materials, the employment of which contributed so much to the fame of ancient Tyre.
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