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Nation of the Pygmei 1 , whom the Barbarians call Catizi, and 

 they believe that they were chased away by Cranes. In the 

 Borders from Dionysopolis is Odessus of the Milesii ; the River 

 Pomiscus, the Town Tetranaulochos : the Mountain Haemus 

 bending down with a huge Top into Pontus, had in the Sum- 

 mit the Town Aristseum. Now in the Coast is Mesembria 

 and Anchialum, where Messa was. The Region Astice. 

 There was the Town Anthium, now there is Apollonia. The 

 Rivers Panissa, Rira, Tearus, Orosines. Towns, Thynnias, 

 Almedessos, Develton, with the Marsh which now is called 

 Deultum, belonging to the Veterans. Phinopolis, near which 

 is Bosphorus. From the Mouth of Ister to the Entrance of 

 Pontus others have made 555 Miles. Agrippa hath added 

 40 Miles more. From thence to the Wall above-named, 

 150 : and from it to Cherronesus, 126. But from the Bos- 

 phorus is the Bay Gasthenes. The Port Senum, and an- 

 other which is called the Port Mulierum. The Promontory 

 Chrysoceras, whereon standeth the Town Bizantium of free 

 Condition, and formerly called Lygos. From Dyrrhachium 

 it is 71 1 Miles. Thus much lieth out the Length between 

 the Adriatic Sea and Propontis. Rivers, Bathynias, Pydaras, 

 or Atyras. Towns, Selymbria, Perinthus, annexed to the 

 Continent, 200 Paces broad. Within, Byzia, the Castle of 

 the Thracian Kings, hated by Swallows 2 for the horrible 

 Crime of Tereus. The Region Camica : the Colony Flavio- 

 polus, where formerly the Town was called Zela. And 50 

 Miles from Byria, the Colony Apros, which is from Philippi 

 188 Miles. But in the Borders, the River Erginus, where 

 was the Town Gonos. And there you leave Lysimachia, 



1 The Pygmies are frequently spoken of by ancient writers, and the 

 existence of the diminutive race was never doubted. We defer the parti- 

 cular consideration of the monstrous races of mankind to the 7th Book, 

 c. 2, where they are all mentioned together ; but the Pygmies appear to 

 have attracted more of the imagination of the poets than any of the 

 others. The origin of their royal tyrant, the crane, is referred to by 

 Ovid, "Metamorphoses," b. vi. Wern. Club. 



s See the story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela, in Ovid's "Metamor- 

 phoses," lib. vi. Wern. Club. 



