The asphalt and the salt become solid at once, and the oil which is called by the Persians rhadinake, is black and gives out a disagreeable smell. Here king Dareios established the Eretrians as settlers;
asfaltoa eta gatza behingoan sendartzen dira, eta olioari dagokionez, beltza da eta usain gogorra du, eta persiarrek radinaze deitzen diote.