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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 New 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 affords 

 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, 69 situate upon a harbour of the Bed 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 70 in Arabia, or else at Cane, 71 in the 

 region which bears frankincense. There is also a third port 

 of Arabia, Muza 7 - 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, 73 and there is another city known by the name of 

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



69 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. 



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

 point of Arabia Felix. 



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

 country of the Adramitse, 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 

 there are ruins to be seen. 



72 Probably the modern Mosch, north of Mokha, near the southern 

 extremity of Arabia Felix. 



73 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. 



