BOOK V.] History of Nature. 97 



From Chalcedon, it is twelve Miles and a half. There begin 

 the) narrow Straits, where it is eight Miles and a quarter 

 over: where stood the Town Philopolis. All the Coasts 

 are inhabited by the Thyni, but the Inland Parts by 

 the Bithyni. This is the end of Asia, and of 282 Nations, 

 which are reckoned from the Gulf of Lycia to this place. 

 The Space of the Hellespont and Propontis to the Thracian 

 Bosphorus containeth in Length 188 Miles, as we have 

 before said. From Chalcedon to Sigeum, by the computa- 

 tion of Isidorus, it is 372 Miles and a half. Islands lying in 

 Propontis before Cyzicum are these ; Elaphonnesus, from 

 whence cometh the Cyzicen Marble ; and the same Isle was 

 called Neuris, and Proconnesus. Then follow Ophiusa, 

 Acanthus, Phoebe, Scopelos, Porphyrione, and Halone, with 

 a Town. Delphacia, Polydora : Artaceeon, with the Town. 

 And over-against Nicomedia, is Dernonnesos : likewise, be- 

 yond Heraclea, over-against Bithynia, is Thynnias, which 

 the Barbarians call Bithynia. There is also Antiochia : and 

 opposite to the narrow Straits of Rhyndacus, Besbicos, 

 eighteen Miles in Circuit. Also there is Elsea, two Rho- 

 dussae, Erebinthus, Magale, Chalcitis, and Pityodes. 



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