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towards the west; and the isles opposite to it will be the 
Gorgades, or Isles of the Gorgons. ‘ Contra hoc promon- 
torium Gorgades insule narrantur, Gorgonum quondam 
domus, bidui navigatione distantes a continente."* It is 
right however to mention, that D'Anville places the Gorgades 
at the Bissagos, probably too far to the south, opposite 
to no promontory, and close to the continent. 
P. B. W. 
* Plin. lib. vi. c. 36. 
