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birds. Arrian* says it had the name of Leuce, ch * p ' 
or ‘ The White Island.’ A part of its history, 
considered by Scymnus Cliius as being the most 
marvellous, was, that the main land could not 
thence be discerned, although distant only forty 
stadia, or five miles. This is literally true ; 
the land is invisible to a person much 
nearer the coast, as will appear by the sub- 
sequent description, made from notes written 
while we were lying oft' the mouth of the 
Danube. Arrian thus introduces his very 
interesting description : “ Sailing out of that 
mouth of the Is ter which is called T'lAON, 
with the wind AITAPKTIAX 5 6 , the Island of Achilles 
appears ; by some called the Course of Achilles , 
and by others, from its colour, the While 
Island. It is related that Thetis gave this isle 
to Achilles, and that he still inhabits it: his 
temple and statue, both of very antient work- 
manship, are there seen. No human being 
dwells there ; only a few goats, which mariners 
convey as votive offerings. Other offerings, 
or sacred gifts, are suspended in honour of 
(5) Arrian. Peripl. Pont. Eux. p.21. Ed. Hitds. Ox. 1 098. 
(6) Aparctias was a name given by the Greeks to the North Wind, 
as appears by this passage from Pliny : “ From the North blows the 
wind Septentrio ; and between that, and the rising of the solstitial 
sun, A-quilo: these are respectively named [by the Greeks) Aparctias 
and Iioreas." Plin. Hist. Nat. lib. ii. 
