Ptolemt's Scotland. 53 



" Tlie peninsula of the Novanta? aud the cape ot the same 

 name" are what are now called the Mull of Galloway and Corsill 

 Point ; Rerigonian Bay, Loch Ryan ; Vindogara Bay, Girvan Bay ; 

 Estuary of the Clota, Firth of Clyde — Clota is also mentioned by 

 Tacitus {Agrico/a, 23) ; Lemannonian Bay, Loch Fyne ; Epidian 

 Cape, Mull of Cantyre ; mouth of the river Longus, perhaps repre- 

 sents Lochs Linnhe and Lochy ; mouth of the river Itys, probably 

 the Sound of Sleat, between Skye and Mainland ; Vola Bay, per- 

 haps Loch Broom ; mouth of the river Xabar (I can suggest 

 nothing for this) ; Cape Tarvedum or Orcas, Dunnet Head. 

 Ptolemy then returns to the Mull of Galloway and works round 

 the west coast to the Laud's End. lie first mentions the mouth of 

 the river Abravaimus, Avhich appears to represent Luce Bay ; then 

 the estuary of the Jena, which ought to denote Wigtown Bay ; 

 the mouth of the river Deva, denoting that of the Dee ; the mouth 

 of the river Novius, by which is meant the Nith ; the estuary of 

 Ituna. the Solway Firth. He then returns to Dunnet Head in the 

 north and works down the east coast. Cape Yirvedrum. Duu- 

 cansby Head ; Cape Verubium, The Noss, near 'Wick ; the mouth 

 of the river Ila. Dornock Firth ; the High Shore, by which is 

 meant perhaps the Ord of Caithness; the estuary of the Varar, 

 Moray Firth ; the mouth of the river Loxa, the Findhorn or 

 Cromarty Firth ; the estuary of Tuesis, the Spey ; the mouth of 

 the river Caelis, the Devoran ; the Cape of the Taezali, Kinnaird's 

 Head ; the mouth of the river Deva, the Dee ; estuary of Tauva, 

 the Tay ; the mouth of the river Tina, the Eden ; estuary of 

 Boderia, Firth of Forth. Tacitus calls this Bodotria (see Agricola, 

 23, 25). Then he gives the various nations inhabiting Scotland. 

 It must, however, be remembered that he treats the whole island 

 as one country, which he calls the Britannic island Albioii. The 

 Romans found Britain in the tribal state, and made no distinction 

 between the southern and northern parts thereof, that which lay 

 beyond the boundary being- called Britannia Barbara. 



1. The Xovantae, in Wig-townshire and part of the Stewartry. 

 The towns were : — Lucopibia, probably ^Miithorn ; Rerig'onium, 

 Stranraer. 



2. The Selgovae, to the east of the Novantae in east of Gallo- 

 way and Dumfriesshire, the name survives in Solway. Towns : — 

 Carbantorigum, probably Kirkcudbright ; Hxellum, supposed to be 



