Plirues Naturall Hiftorie. ^ 12, i 



A the North point, and came to the Nortbeaft where the funhe arifcth at midiGininer, (hen yoU 

 come to the Scythians. Beyond whome^ and the very poinc of the North poje and the wind 

 from thcncCj fome have placed the Hyperborei ; of whome we have fpokcn at iargs in the irea- 

 tife of, Europe. On this fide the Hypcrborei,thc firft cape or promontorie that you meet with" 

 all in the countrey Cclticajis named Ly tarmis; and then you come into the river C arambticis^ 

 \vhere5by the forcible influence of the ftarres^the high mountaincs Rhipha?a, as being wearied^ 

 begin to fettle and abafethemfelves lower. At the fall and defcent of which mouncaincsj hava 

 heard fayjthat certainc people, named Arnuphese inhabited :a nation not much unlike in their 

 manner of life to the Hyperboreans.They have their habitations in forrefts : their feeding is up- 

 on berries of trees : ftiorne they be all and rnaven,for both women andmen count it a fhame to 



B have hairc on their heads : othcrwife they are civile enough in their converfation and behavior ; 

 and therefore jby report^ they are heldfor a facred people and inviolablcj in fo much as tliofe 

 cruel! nations and inhumane that border upon them, will offer them no abufe 5 neither do they 

 refpe^l them onely, but alfo in regard andhonour of them^they forbeare ihofe aifo that flie unto , 

 them as to a place of franchife and privilcdge. Goe beyond them once 3 you conae ainong the 

 ^Scydiians indecd^the Cimmerij5Cicianthi5Georgi_,and the nation of the Amazons^and t hcfe * Ar thh s^r, 

 confront the C alpian or Hircan fea: for it breaketh forth of the deep Scithian Ocean jtowaid the ^' • ■ -^loichoi 

 back parts of Afia^andtaketh divers names of the inhabitants coafting upon it, but efpccially bia^^ Si^^ 

 above all other of the Cafpians aiidHircaneans.C/r/^rf/5/^y is of this opinioUjthat this lea is full Georgiau$,A- 

 as great and large as PontusEuxinus. And £r4/<7/?(6i'^fjfeaeth down the very meafurc and pouir- J^J^^^'i'^ j^jf 



Q pnle thereof : n^mely^from Eafi to South along the coaft ofCadufia and Aibania554GO ftadia j caric, 



' from thence by the.Aratiaticksj Amarbi, and Hircanijj to the mouth of the river Zoum, 4800 

 ftadia ifrom itto the mouth of laxartes where it falleth into the fea, 240c fiadia ? which beeiog 

 put together amount in all to 1 575 miles. Artcmidoms counteth leffe by 2 5 miles . Agrtppu m 

 bounding out and limiting the circuit of the Cafpian feajand the regions coafting upon i tjtogi- 

 ther with them Armenia both the greater and the lede^namely Eafhvard with the Ocean of cne 

 Seres^Weftward vsith the mountains of Caiicafus, on the South fide with the hiil Taurus^ and 

 finally ctfithe North with.the Scithian Ocean^hath written, 'That the wboleprccincliandconi- 

 pafle of thefe parts mayxontain in length [fo far as is known and difcovergdof thofc conn cries] 

 55)0 milcs,and2>-'o in brCvtdth.Yet for ail this-^there want not others who fayjThat the whole cir- ■ 



J) cuitof that feajand begin atihe very mouth and firth thereof, arifeth to 2500 milcs.As for ihis 

 mouth aforeiaid where it breaketh intothefea, it isvery narrow, but exceeding long: howbeit 

 when it beginneth onceto enlarge itfelfe and grow wide,it turneth and fctchcth a compafe with 

 horned points like to a quarter moon^and alter the manner of a Scitliian bow^as A/.r.irr(? faiih, 

 it windeth along from his mouth toward the lake Nioeotis.The firft gulfe that it maketh.is called 

 Scythicus ; fot the Sckhsals inhabit on both fidesjand by the meanes ofthe narrow fireight be- 

 tweenjhave commerce and trafficke one with another : for ofthe one fide are the Nomades and 

 Sauromat^jComprifing under them many other nations offundry names :and on the ochcr^the 

 AbzocC^who have no fewer ftates under them. At the very entry of this fea on the rigfit hand jihs 

 Vdines j a people of the Scithians, dv^ell upon the very point of this mouth : and then along the 



E coafiijthe AlbanoiSja nation de(cended(as men fay) from lafm ; where the lea lying before them 

 is called Albanum. This nation is fpread alfo upon the mountaines of Caucafus^ and fo along 

 downe the hils as far as to jhe river Cyrus, which confineth the marches becwcene Armeuja and 

 Iberia^as hath been iiiid. Above the maritime coafts of Albania and the Vdines country jthe Sar- 

 matiansjcailed Vtidorfijand ArotereSjare planted: and behind them, the Amazons, whome we 

 have alreadie Tlfewed , who alfo are women Sauromatians.The rivers of Albanie wiiich fall into 

 thefea,areCaflios and AlbanOs: and then Cambifes, which hath his head in die Caucafiant 

 mountains : and foon after Cyrus,which ariieth out of the hils Coras, as betorc is faid.Moreo- ^ 

 ver^^rz/^p^writethj that this whole coafi of Albanie (fortified with thofe high and inaccelfiblc 

 mountains of Gaucafus)containeth 425 miles.Now when you arepaft the river CyrUs,theCaf^ 



J5 pian lea beginneth to take that name, for that the Cafpians do inhabite the coaft thereof. And 

 here the error of many is to be laid open and corrected , even of thofe alfo who were in the laft 

 voyage WnhCerh/oin Armenia with the Romane armie: for they tooke it, that thofe gates of 

 Caucafus whereof wee fpake before, were the Cafpian gates, and fo called them : and the verie 

 mappes and defcriptions which are painted and fent from thence^ bearc that name and title. 



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