:^ap. 6.] ACCOTr>'T OF COUNTEIES, ETC. 13 



iestroyed by the Heniochi : behind it are the Epageritse, a 

 Deople of Sarmatian origin, dwelling upon the range of the 

 Caucasus, and beyond them, the Sauromatae. It w'as with 

 :hese people that Mithridates^^ took refuge in the reign of the 

 Emperor Claudius : and from him we learn that the Thalli -^ 

 oin up to them, a people who border on the eastern side upon 

 ;he mouth ^° of the Caspian sea : he tells us also that at the 

 •eflux the channel is dry there. Upon the coast of the 

 Euxine, near the country of the Cercetse, is the river Icarusa,^^ 

 jnth the town and river of Hierus, distant from Heracleium 

 )ne hundred and thirty-six miles. Next to this, is the pro- 

 nontory of Cruni, after passing which, we find the Toretae upon 

 I lofty ridge of mountains. The city of Sindos^^ is distant 

 Tom Hierus sixty-seven miles and a half ; after passing which, 

 ve come to the river Setheries. (6.) From thence to the en- 

 .rance of the Cimmerian Bosporus the distance is eighty-eight 

 niles and a half. 



CHAP. 6. THE CIMMERIAir BOSPORUS. 



The length of the peninsula ^^ which projects between the 



lestruction by the Heniochi, it was restored, and served as an important 

 Tontier fortress of the Roman empire against the Scythians. 



2s This was Mithridates, king of Bosporus, which sovereignty he 

 )btained by the favour of the emperor Claudius, in a.d. 41. The circura- 

 itances are unknown which led to his subsequent expulsion by the Ro- 

 nahs, who placed his younger brother Cotys on the throne in his stead. 



29 Hardouin thinks that the Thalli inhabited the present country of 

 kstrakan. 



^ It was the ancient opinion, to which we shall find frequent reference 

 nade in the present Book, that the northern portion of the Caspian com- 

 nunicated with the Scythian or Septentrional ocean. 

 . 31 Mentioned only by Pliny. It is supposed to answer to the present 

 dkrash river ; and the town and river of Hierus are probably identical with 

 :he Hieros Portus of Arrian, which has been identified with the modern 

 Sunjuk-Kala. 



32 Inhabited by the Sindi, a people of Asiatic Sarmatia. They pro- 

 bably dwelt in and about the modern peninsula of Taraan, between the 

 Sea of Azof and the Black Sea, to the south of the river Hypanis, the 

 modem Kouban. The site of their capital, Sindos, or Sinda, is supposed 

 to have been the modern Anapa. Parisot conjectures that this place 

 was one of the ancient settlements of the Zi^eunes, the modern Bohemians 

 or Gypsies. He seems to found his opinion upon some observations of 

 Malte Brun (Precis de Geographie^ vol. vi.) upon the origin of the Gypsy 

 race, which will amply repay the perusal. 



^ The peninsula on which Taman or Timoutarakan is situate. 



