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stadia, from Berenice. These, if considered as Egyptian stadia, 
will make one hundred and twenty miles. 
Berenice is nearly in latitude 23° 23^ N. If therefore we calculate, 
as in the former case, by latitude alone, Myos Hormos must be in 
^5°^3'N. which brings us to that part of the coast where Don Juan 
de Castro has laid down two ports, close to each other, which he 
calls Gualibo, and Tuna ; but if we measure oj0P the distance on the 
chart, we shall find that, owing to the promontory of Ras-el-Anf 
extending so far to the east, the one hundred and twenty miles will 
only bring us to about latitude 25° N, I have before had occasion to 
observe that less dependance can be placed on the distances, as given 
in round numbers in the Periplus, than on local circumstances men- 
tioned in that work, or in the works of others, on the same sub- 
ject. De Castro is the only modern, who has visited and described 
the coast from Foul Bay to Cosseir, and we must therefore refer to 
him, to see if there is any place, within a few miles of the latitude, 
that probably belongs to Myos Hormos, which will answer to the 
description given by the ancients of that place. It is stated by the 
author of the Periplus, as being Xi^^^v, a port, and not an open road, 
and as being on the extreme border of Egypt. Strabo calls it " X/pW 
fjLzyotv," a large port, with a winding entrance, and having three 
islands lying off it. Diodorus speaks of a port, which he calls 
Aphrodites, but which seems to be the same as Myos Hormos, from 
the description of its being a port with a winding entrance, and as 
being placed at the foot of a mountain of red rock, which shone so 
as to hurt the eyes ; a circumstance which, by Agatharchides, is 
attributed to Myos Hormos, who positively declares, that they are 
the same port, though differently called at different times. 
