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course with them. The first River known among them is 

 Psitaras : the next Carabi : the third Lanos : beyond which 

 the Promontory, the Gulf Chryse, the River Cymaba, the 

 Bay Attanos, and the Nation of the Attaci, a kind of People 

 secluded from all noisome Wind by pleasant Hills, with the 

 same Temperature that the Hyperboreans live in. Of this 

 People, Amonetus hath specially written a Book ; as Hera- 

 tfEus hath done of the Hyperboreans. Beyond the Attacores 

 are the Thyri and Tochari, and then the Casiri, who now 

 belong to the Indians. But they withinland, that lie toward 

 the Scythians, feed on Man's Flesh. The Nomades of 

 India likewise wander to and fro. Some write that they 

 border upon the very Ciconians and Brysanians on the North 

 Side. But there (as all agree) the Mountains Emodi arise, 

 and the Nation of the Indians beginneth, lying not only by 

 that Sea, but also on the Southern, which we have named 

 the Indian Sea. And this part opposite the East, stretcheth 

 straightforward to that place where it beginneth to bend 

 toward the Indian Sea ; and it containeth 1875 Miles. 

 Then that Tract which is bent towards the South taketh 

 2475 Miles (as Eratosthenes hath set down), even to the 

 River Indus, which is the utmost limit of India Westward. 

 But many others have set down the whole Length of India 

 in this manner ; that it requireth 40 Days and Nights' Sail- 

 ing ; and also, that from the North to the South is 2750 

 Miles. Agrippa saith that it is 3003 Miles Long, and 

 2003 Broad. Posidonius hath measured it from the North- 

 east to the South-east ; and by this means fixeth it directly 

 opposite to Gaul, which he likewise measured along the 

 West Coast, from the North-west point where the Sun goeth 

 down at Midsummer, to the South-west, where it setteth 

 in the midst of Winter. He teacheth also, by very good 

 Reasons, that this West Wind, which from opposite bloweth 

 upon India, is very healthful for that Country. The Indians 

 have a different Aspect of the Sky from us. Other Stars rise 

 in their Hemisphere. They have two Summers in the Year ; 

 two Harvests : and their Winter between hath the Etesian 

 Winds blowing instead of the Northern Blasts with us. The 



