372 ON THE SETEIA AND 
veral sites and descriptions that have been given 
of the principal points in the topography of the 
coasts which have been mentioned. 
It is well known to all readers of ancient geo- 
graphy, that Ptolemy was the first author who has 
left us anything like a chart and description of 
these parts, in common with his map of the whole 
kingdom ; and that the localities of this coast, as 
laid down by him, have been a renewed subject 
of investigation and controversy with subsequent 
antiquaries, for to reconcile physical appearances 
at the time, or, the several views of the contra- 
versialist, with the statements of this ancient geo- 
grapher and astronomer. Ptolemy, in his chart, 
which I have rudely copied,* but accurately en- 
larged by the scale, lays down the coasts under 
review, as having four principal inlets or bays, 
which he denominates, thus— 
LON. LAT. 
1 Moricambe Atstuarium 17.30 58.20 
2 Sistuntiorum Portus ... 17.29 57.48 
3 Belisama Estuarium... 17.30 57.20 
4 Seteia Astuarium ... 17.0 57.0 
Toisobius fluy (Conway) 15.42 56.29 
* The map was here exhibited, along with several others 
down to the Ordnance ones, in illustration. 
