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has thus become the subject of a remarkable theory, and has 
promoted the exercise of a spirit of the most profound investi- 
gation ; for it was at this spot that the extent of the earth was 
first ascertained, it being the fact that Erastosthenes, beginning 
at this place by the accurate calculation of the length of the 
shadow, was enabled to determine with exactness the dimen- 
sions of the earth. 
After passing this place we come to the Azanian Sea, a 
promontory by some writers called Hispalus, Lake Mandalum, 
and the island of Colocasitis, with many others lying out in 
the main sea, upon which multitudes of turtles are found. 
We then come to the town of Suche, the island of Daphnidis,^^ 
and the town of the Adulitse,®^ a place founded by Egyptian 
runaway slaves. This is the principal mart for the Troglodytse, 
as also for the people of ^Ethiopia : it is distant from Ptolemais 
five days' sail. To this place they bring ivory in large quan- 
tities, horns of the rhinoceros, hides of the hippopotamus, tor- 
toise-shell, sphingiee,^^ and slaves. Beyond the Ethiopian Aro- 
terse are the islands known by the name of Aliaeu,^^ as also those 
of Bacchias, Antibacchias, and Stratioton. After passing these, 
on the coast of Ethiopia, there is a gulf which remains unex- 
plored still ; a circumstance the more to be wondered at, seeing 
that merchants have pursued their investigations to a greater 
distance than this. We then come to a promontory, upon 
which there is a spring called Cucios,^^ much resorted to by 
9* So called from Azania, the adjoining coast of Africa, now known as 
that of Ajan. It was inhabited by a race of Ethiopians, who were en- 
gaged in catching and taming elephants, and supplying the markets of the 
Red Sea coast with hides and ivory. 
Now called Seyrnian, according to Gosselin. 
96 Its name was Adule, being the chief haven of the Adulitae, of mixed 
origin, in the Troglodytic region, situate on a bay of the Red Sea, called 
Aduliticus Sinus. It is generally supposed that the modern ThuUa or 
Zulla, still pronounced Azoole, occupies its site, being situate in lat. 15" 
35' N. Ruins are said to exist there. D'Anville, however, in his map 
of the Red Sea, places Adule at Arkeeko, on the same coast, and considerably 
to the north of Thulla. According to Cosmas, Adule was about two 
miles in the interior. 
Pliny gives a further description of this ape in B. viii. c. 21., and B. x. 
c. 72. They were much valued by the Roman ladies for pets, and very 
high prices were given for them. 
Now called Dahal- Alley, according to Gosselin. 
99 Hardouin, from Strabo, suggests that the reading ought to be Co- 
racios. 
