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Thus was the Arabian expedition of Auguftus conceived 

 with the fame views as thofeof Semiramis, Cyrus, and Cam- 

 byfes, defervedly as unhappy in its hTue as thefe firfl had 

 been. 



That the African trade, moreover, was loft, appears from 

 Strabo*, and his reafoning upon the voyage of Eudoxus, 

 which he treats as a fable. But his reafoning proves jufl the 

 contrary, and this voyage was one foundation for opening 

 this trade again, and making this coaft more perfectly 

 known. This likewife appears clear from Ptolemy f, who, 

 fpeaking of a promontory or cape oppofite to Madagafcar, 

 on the coaft of Africa, fays it was inhabited by anthropo- 

 phagi, or man-eaters, and that all beyond 8° fouth was un- 

 known, and that this cape extended to and joined the con- 

 tinent of India i. 



* Strabo, lib. ii. p. 98. f Ptol. lib. iv. cap. 9. p. 1 15. J Ptol. lib. vii. cap. 5. 



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