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never been visited ; that the circumference of Tyros 

 measures 112^ miles ; that its distance from Farsistan 

 is more than that ; and that it is accessible only by 

 one narrow channel. Then the island of Ascliae, 

 tribes named Nochaeti, Zurazi, Borgodi and the 

 nomad Catharrei, and the river Cynos. According to 

 Juba the voyage beyond on that side " has not been 

 explored, because of the rocks — Juba omits to 

 mention Batrasavave, the town of the Omani, and 

 the town of Omana which previous -vvriters have 

 made out to be a famous port of Carmania, and also 

 Homna and Attana, towns said by our traders to be 

 now the most frequented ports in the Persian Gulf. 

 After the Dog's River,* according to Juba, there 

 is a mountain looking as if it had been burnt ; 

 the Epimaranitae tribes, then the Fish-eaters, an 

 iminhabited island, the Bathymi tribes, the Ebly- 

 thaean Mountains, the island of Omoemus, Port 

 Mochorbae, the islands of Etaxalos and Inchobrichae, 

 the Cadaei tribe ; a number of islands without 

 names, and the well-known islands of Isura and 

 Rhinnea, and the adjacent island on which there 

 are some stone pillars bearing inscriptions •wTitten 

 in an unkno^vn alphabet ; Port Coboea, the un- 

 habited Bragae islands, the Taludaei tribe, the 

 Dabanegoris district, Mount Orsa \nth its harbour, 

 Duatas Bay, a number of islands, Mount Three 

 Peaks, the Chardaleon district, the Solonades and 

 Cachinna, also islands belonging to the Fish- 

 eaters. Then Clari, the Mamaean coast with its 

 gold-mines, the Canauna district, the Apitami and 

 Casani tribes, Devade Island, the spring CoraHs, 

 the Carphati, the islands of Alaea and Amnamethus. 

 the Darae tribe ; Chelonitis Island and a number of 



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