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tene, and opposite to Gerra is the island of Tylos,^^ as many miles 
distant from the shore ; it is famous for the vast number of its 
pearls, and has a town of the same name ; in its vicinity there 
is a smaller island, distant from a promontory on the larger 
one twelve miles and a half. They say that beyond this large 
islands may be seen, upon which no one has ever landed : 
the circumference of the smaller island is one hundred and 
twelve miles and a half, and it is more than that distance from 
the Persian coast, being accessible by only one narrow chan- 
nel. We then come to the island of Asclie, and the nations 
of the Nocheti, the Zurazi, the Eorgodi, the Catharrei, the 
Nomades, and then the river Cynos.^^ Beyond this, the navi- 
gation is impracticable on that side,^^ according to Juba, on 
account of the rocks ; and he has omitted all mention of Ea- 
trasave,^^ a town of the Omani, and of the city of Omana,^^ 
which former writers have made out to be a famous port of 
Carmania as also of Homna and Attana, towns which at 
the present day, our merchants say, are by far the most famous 
ones in the Persian Sea. Passing the river Cynos,^^ there is 
a mountain, Juba says, that bears marks of the action of fire ; 
also, the nation of the Epimaranitse, then a nation of Ich- 
thyophagi, and then a desert island, and the nation of the 
Bathymi. We then come to the Eblitsean Mountains, the 
island of Omoenus, the port of Mochorbe, the islands of 
Etaxalos and Inchobrice, and the nation of the Cadaei. There 
are many islands also that have no name, but the better known 
ones are Isura, PJiinnea, and another still nearer the shore, 
upon Avhicli there are some stone pillars with an inscription in 
unknown characters. There are also the port of Goboea, the 
desert islands called Bragae, the nation of the Thaludaei, the 
21 The modern island of Bahrein, according to Brotier, still famous for its 
pearl-fishery. 
2'-^ Now Samaki, according to Ansart. Its ancient name was Aradus. 
23 Hardouin takes this to be that which by the Arabians is called by the 
name of Falg. 
24 Qj^ Arabian side of the Persian Gulf. 
2» Considered by modern geographers to be identical in situation with 
the Black Mountains and the Cape of Asabi, and still marked by a town 
and district named Sabee, close to Cape Mussendom. 
26 In the modern district still called Oman. 
2"^ On the opposite coast. 
28 He calls it Canis, evidently thinking that " Cynos" was its Greek 
appellation only: as meaning the "Dogs' " river. 
