by Dionysius 
I cannot
conceive that mountainous island to surpass, or even to
equal, in fertility the greater part of Spain.
The authors from whom I have learned the most
of the ancient and modern state of Crete, are Belon
(Observations, etc., c. 3 - 20, Paris, 1555), Tournefort
(Voyage du Levant, tom. i. lettre ii. et iii.), and
Meursius (Creta, in his works, tom. iii. p. 343 - 544).
Although Crete is styled by Homer by Dionysius I cannot
conceive that mountainous island to surpass, or even to
equal, in fertility the greater part of Spain.