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XXIII. 
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fo bith acd proband ano. Do naé ingnao inn-oLano. 
XXLY. 
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ip-in porta acdc Spiba glen. 1¢ coméc 6ip ip SLan gem.26 
XXV. 
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cipicé Tigip Lust Lono. 7 panacip bpecovomnp.% 
XXVI. 
brug ulbBania Tenne cé1T.°9 oO MUP Capp cuP-1n méo1T 
Ro rerp 4 treba trap Tap. puild Sela fof an ooemb. 
XXVII. 
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meoit pit! h-apimein ania. 1 comaitéerp nsé pio C14n. 
XXVIII. 
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ap ALbSn #4 co-ngZaipse sné. 7 tip na ciclorcte. 
XXIX, 
colod1# ic albdin* o0-pr-purl.  etapyiu 1p in crmep muipi 
in muipi Cimezvoa Con-o1c. FO VePp FI Ap1d th-bLac-bic.47 
35 bir syubos, R. 42 penciiqid, L. 
36 semm, R. 43 n-immechcpach, R. 
37 uaopam parzvoer, R. 44 albain, R. 
38 bneccbonn, R. 45 colaig, R- 
39 albania tTinne thpeoit, R. 46 Selban, L. 
405 isip\, Li. 47 mbaith bic, R. 
any i 
° The soft wool which was combed from the trees by the Seres or Chinese is 
frequently referred to by the ancients. The earliest writer to mention it is Virgil: 
‘« Vellera ut foliis depectant tenuia Seres.’’—Georgie i. 121. 
P Griffins.—“ Regio ditis admodum soli, inhabitabilis tamen; quia Gryphi, 
sevum et pertinax ferarum genus aurum terra penitus egestum miré amant miréque 
custodiunt et sunt infesti attingentibus.’’—Mela, lib. ii. cap. 1. 
a Tigers.—Hircania regio pantheris ac tigribus infesta.—Mela, lb. iil. cap. 5. 
Sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens 
Caucasus, Hyrcaneque admérunt ubera tigres. 
LAlineid, iv. 366. 
x Ulwania.—This seems intended for Alaunia, the w being due to assimilation, 
and appears to have caused a difficulty to the copyist of the Oxford ms., who sub- 
stitutes ALbania. The territory referred to probably included the latter, but was 
more entensive. These people are described by Klaproth: ‘‘Peuples Alano-goths 
