The Fire of the River Pontos

It is reported that in the country of the cinti and my di, there is a certain river named Pontos. When fanned they are quickly extinguished, but when sprinkled with water they blaze up and kindle better. They have a smell similar to that of bitumen, so bad and pungent that no creeping thing remains in the place while they are burning. At Scotesai in Thessalme they say there is a little phantom from which flows water of such a kind it heals wounds and bruises. Not even does any pig or dog venture to taste the excrement of men as death results from it.