S6 DISCOVERIES OF THE ANCIENTS. 
Theron (a promontory in N. lat. 17° 60, which 
derived its name from being much resorted to by 
the royal hunters. The next port was Adulis, the 
great emporium of this region, and situated near 
the modern Massuah, which still carries on all the 
foreign trade of Abyssinia. The chief commodity 
consisted in a great quantity of very excellent 
ivory, brought from Coloe, situated three days' 
journey in the interior. Five days' journey in the 
interior was the metropolis Axum, of which there 
still remain very magnificent ruins. Leaving 
Adulis, they came to a region, governed by a 
prince called Zoskales, who is the subject of very 
warm panegyric : — he is represented as brave, 
generous, and deeply versant in Grecian learning. 
The exports here continued to be chiefly ivory 
and rhinoceros' horns : — the imports very vari- 
ous ; manufactures of cloth, iron, and brass ; a 
little wine and oil ; and some gold and silver or- 
naments, as presents to the king. The vessels 
then passed the Straits, and entered the gulf of 
Avalites. From this coast, as far as Cape Aro- 
mata (Guardafui), the exports were myrrh, frank- 
incense, cassia, and various other aromatics ; also 
a small quantity of ivory and tortoise-shell. After 
passing Cape Guardafui, the voyage lay along the 
barren coast of Azania (Ajan). The navigator 
then came to a succession of harbours, each at the 
mouth of a river, and at about a day's sail from 
