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Received February 6, 1767; 
XVII. Some Attempts to afcertain the utmojl 
Extent of the Knowledge of the Ancients in 
the Eaft Indies : by Mr. John Caverhill. 
ReadMarch x 9, A L L the moderns who have treated 
/ * # XJL of the geography of the ancients, 
more particularly in their account of the Sinai, the 
moft oriental country they were acquainted with, 
have differed fo widely from the only guides they 
had to follow to the eaft of the Ganges, that I have 
undertaken to lay before the Royal fociety fome obfer- 
vations, which may contribute to determine, with 
greater precifion, the fixation and limits of this 
country. 
But as geographers have been unanimous in fup- 
pofing the Aurea Cherfonefus to have been the fame 
as the prefent kingdom of Malacca ; the only diffi- 
culty, which remains, is to difcover how far they 
failed beyond it, in the days of Ptolemy. And, that 
the proofs alledged in fupport of what may be af- 
ferted in the courfe of this difquifition may be better 
underftood ; I have thought it neceflary to annex a 
correft modern chart of this Peninfula, and have alfo 
added the outlines of Ptolemy’s, (See Tab. vm. ix. x.) 
for reafons which will foon appear. 
It may be proper firft to obferve, that Cattigara 
was the name of a port fituated fomewhere beyond 
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