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Greeks, wliicli veiy often change their localities. Not far 

 from the city, and running before it, is the river Lethon, 

 and with it a sacred grove, where the gardens of the Hes- 

 perides are said to have formerly stood ; this city is distant 

 from Leptis 375 miles. From Berenice to Arsinoe, com- 

 monly called Teuchira, is forty-three miles ; after which, at 

 a distance of twenty-two, we come to Ptolemais, the ancient 

 name of which was Barce ; and at a distance of forty miles 

 from this last the Promontory of Phycus', which extends far 

 away into the Cretan Sea, being 350 miles distant from Tsena- 

 rum^, the promontory of Laconia, and from Crete 225 . After 

 passing this promontory we come to Cyrene, which stands 

 at a distance of eleven miles from the sea. From Phycus 

 to Apollonia^ is twenty-four miles, and from thence to the 

 Chersonesus'' eightv-eight ; from which to Catabathmos^ is a 

 distance of 216 miles. The Marmaridae^ inhabit this coast, 

 extending from almost the region of Paraetoniiun' to the 

 Greater Syrtis ; after them the Ararauceles, and then, upon 

 the coasts of the Syrtis, the Nasamones*, whom the Greeks 



1 Now called Ras-Sem or Eaa-El-Kazat. It is situate a little to the 

 west of Apollonia and N.W. of Cyrene. 



' According to Ansart, 264 miles is the real distance between Capes 

 Ras-Sem and Tsenanmi or Matapan. 



3 As already mentioned, Apollonia formed the harboiu* of Cyrene. 



* This was called the Chersonesus Magna, being so named in contra- 

 distinction to the Chersonesus Parva, on the coast of Egypt, about thirty- 

 five mUes west of Alexandria. It is now called Kas-El-Tin, or more 

 commonly Raxatin. 



^ So called from the pecuhar features of the locaUty, the Greek word 

 KaTa^aOfibs, signifying " a descent." A deep vaUey, bounded east and 

 west by ranges of liigh hills, runs from tins spot to the frontiers of 

 Egypt. It is again mentioned by Phny at the end of the present 

 Chapter. The spot is still known by a similar name, being called Marsa 

 Sollem, or the " Port of the Ladder." In earher times the Egyptian 

 territory ended at the Gulf of Plinthinethes, now Lago Segio, and did not 

 etxtend so far as Catabathmos. 



* This name was xmknown to Herodotus. As Marcus observes, it 

 was probably of Phoenician origin, signifying " leading a wandering Hfe," 

 like the term " nomad," derived from the Greek. 



7 Now called El Bareton or Marsa-Labeit. This city was of consi- 

 derable importance, and belonged properly to Marmaria, but was included 

 politically in the Nomos Libya of Egypt. It stood iicar the promontory 

 of Artos or Pythis, now Ras-El-Hazeit. 



* So called from the words Matd-Ammon^ " the tribe of Ammon," ac- 



