INHABITING THK ^fALAYAN PENINSULA. 1 1 



i would not found any objection to tlie 

 aduiissioii of tliis opinion, from the obser- 

 vation thai a few centuries after Herodotus 

 the Indian Archipelago was entirely un- 

 known, as in the time of Slrabo, Hipparchus 

 and Eratosthen{!s, wlio were living in the 

 years ao, 1 90 and ti-io before the cin istian 

 era; because it is certain that on account of 

 ibe extensive practice of the Hebrews and 

 Tynans in the art of navigating, ibe know- 

 ledge of navigation and [jcography was 

 much more extensive in the time of Hero- 

 dotus and anteriorly, than in tlie time of 

 Slrabo, Hipparcbus arid Eratostljenes, 

 wiien the art of navigation was less prac- 

 tised, and had lost much of its activity; so 

 the Peninsula and tlie Archipelago might be 

 known in the time of Herodotus and forgot- 

 ten in tlie following centuries. We see in Ijis- 

 bory a simHar example in the cape of Good 

 Hope, which was known a long lime before 

 Herodotus, since lie himself r<dates thai 



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