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distant from Coptos ninety-five miles ; the fourth is on a moun- 

 tain ; the next to that is at another Hydreuma, that of Apollo, 

 and is distant from Coptos one hundred and eighty-four miles ; 

 after which, there is another on a mountain. There is then 

 another station at a place called the iS'ew Hydreuma, distant from 

 Coptos two hundred and thirty miles : and next to it there is 

 another, called the Old Hydreuma, or the Troglodytic, where a 

 detachment is always on guard, with a caravansary that afi'ords 

 lodging for two thousand persons. This last is distant from the 

 New Hydreuma seven miles. After leaving it we come to the 

 city of Berenice,*''' situate upon a harbour of the Red Sea, and 

 distant from Coptos two hundred and fifty-seven miles. The 

 greater part of this distance is generally travelled by night, 

 on account of the extreme heat, the day being spent at the 

 stations ; in consequence of which it takes twelve days to per- 

 form the whole journey from Coptos to Berenice. 



Passengers generally set sail at midsummer, before the 

 rising of the Dog-star, or else immediately after, and in about 

 thirty days arrive at Ocelis"" in Arabia, or else at Cane,'^ in the 

 region which bears frankincense. There is also a third port 

 of Arabia, Muza^- by name ; it is not, however, used by persons 

 on their passage to India, as only those touch at it who deal 

 in incense and the perfumes of Arabia. More in the in- 

 terior there is a city ; the residence of the king there is called 

 Sapphar,^^ and there is another city known by the name of 

 Save. To those who are bound for India, Ocelis is the best 



*^ Belzoni found traces of several of the stations here mentioned. The 

 site of Berenice, as ascertained by Moresby and Carless, 1830-3, was nearly 

 at the bottom of the inlet known as the Sinus Immundus, or Foul Bay. 

 Its ruins still exist. 



^^ Now called Gehla, a harbour and emporium at the south-western 

 point of Arabia FeHx. 



'^ An emporium or promontory on the southern coast of Arabia, in the 

 country of the Adramitte, and, as Arrian says, the chief port of the 

 increase-bearing country. It has been identified by D'Anville with Cava 

 Canim Bay, near a mountain called Hissan Ghorab, at the base of which 

 til ere are ruins to be seen. 



'- Probably the modern Mosch, north of Mokha, near the southern 

 extremity of Arabia Felix. 



"•■' Its ruins are now known as Phafar. It was one of the chief cities 

 of Arabia, standing near the southern coast of Arabia Felix, opposite the 

 modern Cape Guardafui. 



