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PLINTHS NATURAL HISTOET. 
[Book VI. 
nais. The neiglibouring country was inhabited first by the 
Carians, then by the Clazomenii and Mseones, and after them, 
by the Panticapenses.^^ 
There are some writers who state that there are the follow- 
ing nations dwelling around the Mseotis, as far as the Cerau- 
nian mountains at a short distance from the shore, the JSTa- 
pitae, and beyond them, the Essedones, who join up to the Col- 
chians, and dwell upon the summits of the mountains : after 
these again, the Camacse, the Orani, the Autacae, the Ma« 
zacasi, the Cantiocae, the Agamathse, the Pici, the Eimosoli, 
the Acascomarci, and, upon the ridges of the Caucasus, the 
Itacalee, the Imadochi, the Eami, the Anclacse, the Tydii, the 
Carastasei, and the Anthiandse. The river Lagoiis runs from the 
Cathsean mountains, and into it flows the Opharus. Upon 
it are the tribes of the Cauthadee, and the Opharitse. IS^ext 
to these are the rivers Menotharus and Imityes, which flow 
from the Cissian mountains, among the peoples called the Acdei, 
the Carnae, the Oscardei, the Accisi, the Gabri, the Gogari, 
and, around the source of the Imityes, the Imityi, and the 
Apatrsei. Some writers say that the Auchetas, the Athernei, 
and the Asampatae, Scythian tribes, have made inroads upon 
this territory, and have destroyed the Tanaitae and the Inapaoi 
to a man. Others again represent the Ocharius as running 
through the Cantici and the Sapaei, and the Tanais as passing 
through the territories of the Sarcharcei, the Herticei, the 
Spondolici, the Synhietae, the Anasi, the Issi, the Catetae, the 
Tagorae, the Caroni, the IN'eripi, the Agandei, the Mandarei, 
the Satarchei, and the Spalei. 
CHAP. 8. (8.) — THE SITUATION OF CAPPADOCIA. 
We have now gone over the coast which borders upon the 
by a colony from Miletus, and became a flourishing seat of trade. The 
modern town of Azof is supposed to occupy nearly its site. 
^3 The people of Panticapsaum, on the opposite side of the Palus Mseotis, 
occupying the site of the present Kertch. It was founded by the Mile- 
sians B.C. 541, and took its name from the neighbouring river Panticapes. 
°^ The Ceraunian mountains were a range belonging to the Caucasian 
chain, and situate at its eastern extremity ; the relation of this range to 
the chain has been variously stated by the different writers. 
He may possibly allude to a range of mountains in the Punjaub 
and the vicinity of the modern Lahore, by his reference to the Cathsei, who 
are supposed to have been the ancient inhabitants of that district. The 
iocalities of the various races here mentioned are involved in great obscurity. 
