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phellos, which formerly was called Habessus, and in a cor- 

 ner, Phellus. Then Pyrrha, and also Xanthus, J5 Miles 

 from the Sea, and a River of the same Name. Soon after 

 Patara, formerly named Sataros ; and Sydinia on a Hill ; 

 the Promontory Ciagus. Beyond which is a Gulf equal to 

 the former. There is Pinara ; and Telrnessus, that boundeth 

 Lycia. In ancient Time Lycia possessed threescore Towns, 

 but now 36; of which the most celebrated, besides the above- 

 named, are Canae, Candyba, where the Wood Oeniutn is 

 praised ;- Podalia, Choma upon the River Adesa, Cyan, 

 Ascandalis, Amelas, Noscopium, Tlos, and Telanorus. It 

 containeth in the midland Parts Chabalia, with three Towns 

 thereto belonging : Oenonda, Balbura, and Bubon. 



Beyond Telmessus is the Asiatic Sea, otherwise called 

 Carpathium, and the Country which is properly called Asia. 

 Agrippa hath divided it into two Parts, of which the one by 

 his Description boundeth Phrygia and Lycaonia, eastward : 

 but on the West Side it is limited by the ^Egean Sea. 

 Southward it boundeth upon Egypt: and in the North upon 

 Paphlagonia. The Length thereof by his Computation is 

 470 Miles, the Breadth 300. The other he hath limited 

 Eastward from Armenia the Less: Westward by Phrygia, 

 Lycaonia, and Pamphylia; on the North by the Province of 

 Pontus ; and on the South by the Pamphylian Sea : it con- 

 taineth 575 Miles in Length, and 325 in Breadth. The next 

 Coast bordering upon it is Caria : and near it, Ionia ; 

 beyond that, jEolis. For Caria encloseth Doris in the midst, 

 environing it round on every Side to the Sea. In it is the 

 Promontory Pedalium, and the River Glaucus, charged 

 with (the River) Telmessus. The Towns, Daedala and Crya, 

 peopled with Fugitives ; the River Axon, and the Town 

 Calydua. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 The River Indus. 



THE River Indus, rising in the craggy Mountains of the 

 Cybiratae, receiveth threescore regularly running Rivers, but 

 of Torrents above an hundred. The Free Town Caunos, and 



