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tone, and opposite to Gerra is the island of Tylos, 21 as many miles 

 distant from the shore ; it is famous for the vast number of its 

 pearls, and has a town of the same name ; in its vicinity there 

 is a smaller island, 22 distant from a promontory on the larger 

 one twelve miles and a half. They say that beyond this large 

 islands may be seen, upon which no one has ever landed : 

 the circumference of the smaller island is one hundred and 

 twelve miles and a half, and it is more than that distance from 

 the Persian coast, being accessible by only one narrow chan- 

 nel. "We then come to the island of Asclie, and the nations 

 of the Nocheti, the Zurazi, the Borgodi, the Catharrei, the 

 Komades, and then the river Cynos. 23 Beyond this, the navi- 

 gation is impracticable on that side, 24 according to Juba, on 

 account of tho rocks ; and he has omitted all mention of Ba- 

 trasave, 25 a town of the Omani, and of the city of Omana, 26 

 which former writers have made out to be a famous port of 

 Carmania ; 27 as also of Homna and Attana, towns which at 

 the present day, our merchants say, are by far the most famous ' 

 ones in the Persian Sea. Passing the river Cynos, 28 there is 

 a mountain, Juba saj's, that bears marks of the action of fire ; 

 also, the nation of the Epimaranitoe, then a nation of Ich- 

 thyophagi, and then a desert island, and the nation of the 

 Bathymi. "We then come to the Eblitsean Mountains, the 

 island of Omoenus, the port of Mochorbe, the islands of 

 Etaxalos and Inchobrice, and the nation of the Cadaei. There 

 are many islands also that have no name, but the better known 

 ones are Isura, llhinnea, and another still nearer the shore, 

 upon which there are some stone pillars with an inscription in 

 unknown characters. There are also the port of Gobcea, the 

 desert islands called Bragae, the nation of the Thaludaei, the 



21 The modern island of Bahrein, according to Brotier, still famous for its 

 pearl-fishery. 



22 Now Samaki, according to Ansart. Its ancient name was Aradus. 



23 Hardouin takes this to be that which by the Arabians is called by the 

 name of Falg. 



24 On the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf. 



25 Considered by modern geographers to be identical in situation with 

 the Black Mountains and the Cape of Asabi, and still marked by a town 

 and district named Sabee, close to Cape Mussendom. 



2G In the modern district still called Oman. 



27 On the opposite coast. 



28 He calls it Canis, evidently thinking that " Cynos" was its Greek 

 appellation only: as meaning the "Dogs' " river. 



