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its present appearance : the distance from the r j T n u ■ 
Sea of Azof is not so great, but the oblique 1 — v — 
direction of the wall makes its length equal to 
that which is given by Strabo 2 3 . Constantine 
Porp hij rogen etes has afforded a more explicit 
account of the boundaries of the Bosporians\ 
According to this author, the Sarmatians, being 
in possession of the Bosporian territory, gave 
war to the Ckersonites , respecting the limits of 
their empire. The Chersonites were victorious 
in a battle fought near Cajfa; and by the treaty 
of peace made upon the spot, it was determined 
that the limits of the Bosporian empire should 
not extend beyond Cajfa. Afterwards, the 
Sarmatians, under another leader, protested 
against this boundary ; and, giving battle to 
the Chersonites, were again defeated. Phar- 
nacus, king of the Chersonites, then contracted 
the Bosporian limits still more, and placed their 
boundary at Cybernicus, leaving them only forty 
miles of territory 4 ; “ and these boundaries,’' 
he observes, “ remain to this day.” From that 
period the Bosporus was lost to the Sarmatians. 
Pharnacus retained some of them to cultivate 
the land, and sent others to their own country. 
(2) Allowing eiglit stadia to the English mile, its length would 
equal forty-five miles. 
k (3) Constant, de Admin. Imp . p. 213. ed. Meurs. L. Bat. 1611. 
(4) The latter is the same which the Reader will find noticed in the 
first part, of our journey from Kcrtcby, 
