The fixtli Booke of 



quarcers,yo.u enter intd the region of the Ichthyophagi^ furnamed Omx fer Moiintain^rstv^ho G 

 have a proper language by themfelvesjand fpeake not in the Indian tongue) which reacheth on 

 ftill fbt2oomiIes.Ancl beyondityou meet with the people of the Arbians^wholikcwife continue 

 for other 200 miles. As for thofe Ichthyophagi beforenamedj jikxandiy by an exprelle edid 

 forbad them all to feed on fiili . Being paft them, you aie in the ddeits : and ieyond them you 

 come into CarmaniajPerfiSaand Arabia. Butbefore that wcitteat.diftindly of thefe countries,! 

 thinke it meet to fet downe what Of f/^rte(who having theeondiid of a fleet under Akxmder 

 tlife great, failed from off India , about the Southerly coaft-s of teris) f<^Qrtethj accoiding 

 to thofe intelligences which c^tiielatelyfiom king Iuba, Iti like manner thofe voiages ofoutsfor 

 thefdyceres palljpetformedjby which even ac thi's day wee are guided. Hpwbeit^Jn the reports 

 niade h^^ omfimtus and Nearchm of their navigations^We fiiid neither ih<: diflance, ne yet the H 

 names of the feverali refling placesjafter every daies journey . And to begin with the citie Xylc- 

 ftcpolis huWibfAhxdnder^ from which they eiitred firft into their voiagejit is not put downe by 

 them^cither in what place it is fituate^nor upon what river.Yct thefe particulars following are by 

 tiiera repotted worth remembrance:to witjthat in this voiage founded a town in thofe 



parts : that the river Nabr us runneth thcrbyjand is able to bear great vefl^ls : overagainft which 

 fhereis anlfland 70 ftadia within thefea.Mpreoverjthat caufed Alexandria to be built 



in the frontiers of that region, by direction and commaundementfrom king Akxmder^ where 

 the river Argenus entcreth into the fea^ and yeeldeth a fafe and commodious haven. Alfo that 

 the river Tuberum is navigable^along the bankes whereof theParitesinhabite. And after them 

 the Ichthyophagi, who take up fo long a trad, that they were 20 daies failing by their coafts. I 

 They make relation hkev'sifc ofthelflandofthc Sun^named alfo the couch or bed ofthenimphsj 

 This Ifland is red all overhand no living creature will live thereiujbut is confumed and perifhetfi 

 nonian knowcthhow or upon what caufe. Theyfpeakebefidesof the nation of theOrians.-as 

 alio of Bytanis a river in Carmania,which alfourdeth many baies and harbouiSj yea^and plentie 

 of gold in the gcavell and fand thereof. And here was the firXl place wherein they obfervcd5thac 

 they had a fight of the North-pole ftarre. As for the ftarre Arciiirm ^ih^y affirmed^thatthey (aw 

 it not every nighr^nor at any time all night long. Furthermorejthat the countrey of the Achas- 

 menidesin Peafeajreachedthusfarre. Over and befides, that as they tfavelledj ordinarily they 

 fouhd good flore of mines^wherein was digging for braile, yron, Arfenicke or Sardaracha, and 

 Vermillion. And then they came to the cape of Carmania : from which to the eoaft overagainfl K 

 them of theMarsGja people in Arabiajthe cut over fea is 50 miIes;Vpon thefe coafts they diico- 

 vered three lilandsjwhereof Organa onely isinhabitedjby reafon of frefh waters within it, and 

 from the continent it lieth abc4it 2 5 miles . And foure lilands more they fell uponj even in the 

 Perfian guife overagainfl Perfia. And about thefelflands they might fee fea-adders«nd ferpents 

 fomonffcousgreatj that as they came fwimming toward them_j they put the very fleet in greau 

 fright/or there were among them fomej2 o cubites long. Beyond it they met with the Ifland A- 

 crotadus : likewife the Gaurates Ifles^wherein the nation of the Chianidoe inhabite. About the 

 middle of this gulfe or arme of the fea^the river Hiperis hath his courfe^able to bear great hulkes 

 and lliips of burden. Alfo the river SitiogaguSjUpon which a man may paffe in (even daies to Pa- 

 fargadia. Alfo a river that is navigable called Phirfhmus, and an Ifland within it^ bijt it is nam.e- 

 lefle. As for the river Granius which runneth through Sufiane^it carrieth but fmall veffels. Along 

 thccoaff on the right hand of this river dwell the Deximontanes^who dreffe and prepare Bitu- 

 iTien.Then they came to the river Oroatus^with a daungerous haven or mouth where it falleth in- . 

 to the fea^unleffe a man be guided by skilfull pilots -.and full againl^ this river there are difcove- 

 rcd two little Iflands* Pafl whichjthe fea is very low and fhallow/ull of fhdves and fands, more 

 like a meere and marifh waterjthan a fea.Howbeitjthere bee certaine trenches or (Channels in ic 

 that draw deepe water^wherein they may without daunger faile. Then met they with the mouth 

 of the river Euphrates. Alfo the lake^which the two rivers Eulasus and Tigris doe make, ncere 

 unto Characum.And fo from thence they arrived upon the river Tigris^at Sufa. And there an 

 end of the navigation performed by OaefarHm Sitid Nearchuf. For after they had beene three M 

 months embairked and in their voiage upon the fea, they found Alexander at Sufa(where he fea- 

 ftedand made folemnebankets)and that was feven months after he parted from them atPatalae. 

 And thus much concerning the voiage of Alexander his flect.Now afterwards from SyagruSja 

 Promontorie in Arabia,ic was counted unto Patale 1332 milesjand held it was for certain then, 

 — ■ that 



