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distant from Coptos ninety-five miles ; the fourth is on a moun- 
tain ; the next to that is at another Hydreuma, that of Apollo, 
and is distant from Coptos one hundred and eighty-four miles ; 
after which, there is another on a mountain. There is then 
another station at a place called the ITew Hydreuma, distant from 
Coptos two hundred and thirty miles : and next to it there is 
another, called the Old Hydreuma, or the Troglodytic, where a 
detachment is always on guard, with a caravansary that affords 
lodging for two thousand persons. This last is distant from the 
"New Hydreuma seven miles. After leaving it we come to the 
city of Berenice,^'^ situate upon a harbour of the Eed 8ea, and 
distant from Coptos two hundred and fifty- seven miles. The 
greater part of this distance is generally travelled by night, 
on account of the extreme heat, the day being spent at the 
stations ; in consequence of which it takes twelve days to per- 
form the whole journey from Coptos to Eerenice. 
Passengers generally set sail at midsummer, before the 
rising of the Dog-star, or else immediately after, and in about 
thirty days arrive at Ocelis'^ in Arabia, or else at Cane,''^ in the 
region which bears frankincense. There is also a third port 
of Arabia, Muza^^ by name ; it is not, however, used by persons 
on their passage to India, as only those touch at it who deal 
in incense and the perfumes of Arabia. More in the in- 
terior there is a city ; the residence of the king there is called 
Sapphar,'^^ and there is another city known by the name of 
Save. To those who are bound for India, Ocelis is the best 
Belzoni found traces of several of the stations here mentioned. The 
site of Berenice, as ascertained by Moresby and Carless, 1830-3, was nearly 
at the bottom of the inlet known as the Sinus Immundus, or Foul Bay. 
Its ruins still exist. 
70 Now called Gehla, a harbour and emporium at the south-western 
point of Arabia Felix. 
An emporium or promontory on the southern coast of Arabia, in the 
country of the Adramitse, and, as Arrian ..says, the chief port of the 
increase-bearing country. It has been identified by DAnville with Cava 
Canim Bay, near a mountain called Hissan Ghorab, at the base of which 
there are ruins to be seen. 
'2 Probably the modern Mosch, north of Mokha, near the southern 
extremity of Arabia Felix. 
^•^ Its ruins are now known as Phafar. It was one of the chief cities 
of Arabia, standing near the southern coast of Arabia Felix, opposite the 
modern Cape Guardafui. 
