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firft inhabited ~Lefbos, had, before their fettling in that ifland,, 
dwelt for fome time in a certain part of Lycia which they had 
conquered, and may of confequence be fuppofed to have brought 
from thence the ufage in queftion. The paffage is as follows, 
Tom. t. Lib. v. page 396. Edit Weffellingii. 
eps Te Nese voy Aeyew eminespnooper. Tourn yap Ty 
vyrov TO Tahouov wunnari mrcio yey, ToAAwY pclavectarewv ev coin 
yevonevav. Epnae yap sons avlis mparous medacyes xallocyew auryy Toim oe 
rin tporw.  Havbog o Tpiome Tay e& Apyes medacywy Rorirevor, nos xlesywr 
pepos Ts Tas Auking smpog, To pev mpalov ev aurn xpromuv, ECuoideve Tw¥ 
guvaxorelyred|ov Tlerasyav. usrepoy de mapwbes eg tov NecBov xray Epyuoy; 
Tm ev yupav Tog Amoig Ewepire, TH de vyTOY ceo TaD udlomes|iov at)ny 
Tledasyicey wvomare To mpwrov xadhepevny Iggau, uélepov de yeveous ela syevoweres 
re ndla Aevnadimve xoloxraveue, &C.. 
Ler us now endeavour to: {peak of Lefbos——Many nations 
anciently. inhabited this ifland, repeated emigrations having been 
made into it. When yet a defart the Pelafgi firft occupied it; 
and in this manner—Xanthus the fon of Triopas, ruling over 
the Pelafgi who came from Argos, inhabited a certain part of 
Lycia which he had fubdued, and governed the Pelafgi who 
had gone thither with him. Afterwards paffing into Lefbos, then 
a defart, he divided the country among his people, and he named 
the ifland from its inhabitants Pelafgia, which had before been: 
ealled Iffa.. But after feven ages the deluge: of Deucalion hap-- 
pening, &c. &c. 
