Liber V- 189 
paflliura tradidit. Ab ore autem Ponti ad os 
Uxotis Eratofthenes x v . xlv. M. paliuuin. 
Vniuerram vero cum Ae gypto ad Tanain Arte. 
<nidorus & Ifidorus txxxviii. M .palluum. 
^aria eius complura ab accolis traxere nomi- 
na ;<iuatc limul indicabuntur. Proxima Africx 
incolitur Aegyptus, introrfus ad Meridiem rece- 
dens, donec a tergo prxtendantur jtthiopcs. In- 
ieriorem cius partem Nilus, dextra Ixuiqucdiui 
Iks amplexu fuo determinat, Canopico oftio ab 
Africa, ab A ftaPelufiacocUx.M.p.iiruura imer- 
nallo. Q^am ob caufam inter inlulas quidam 
^gypttim retulere, ita fc lindcteNilo,vt^ trique- 
tram tcrrx figuram efficiar . Ideo multi Grxcx 
litera: vocabulo . Delta appellauete Ai.^yptum. 
Menfuraabvnitate .aluei,vndc fc prunum fin- 
dit in latera. ad Canopicum oihum , cxlvj.M. ad 
1'elufiacumcclvj.M.dt.Surama pars contermina 
Athiopix.Tlicbais vocatur. Diumitur in prxfe- 
fluras oppidorum , quas nomos vocant , Clmbt- 
ten, Phatniten , Apollopoliten , Plermontliiten, 
Thiuiten,Phanturitcn.Coptiten, Tentyriten, Dio- 
fpolitcn,Antxopoliten,Aphtdditopolitcn,Lyco- 
Polite.Qu.xiuxta Pelufiu efl rcgio.nomos habet, 
Miatbxtitcn,Pubaftiten,Sethtoitcn,Tani:cn.Re- 
iiqtia autem Arabicum-Hammoniacum tenden- 
tem adHammonis louis oraculum ,Oxyrynchi- 
tcn,t.conropoliten , Atharrabitcn , Cynopolitcn, 
Hcrmopolitcn.Xoiten, Mendcfium.Sebenniten, 
Capaftiten , Latopoliten , Heliopoliten , Pro- 
Ibpiten , Panopoliten, Thermopoliten, Bufiri- 
<cn , Onupkiten , Saiten, Ptenethu , Phthemphu. „ . 
><aucr.atiten, » Nitriten , Gynxcopoliten , Me- 
Oelaiten , Alexandrix regione . Item Libyx 
•dareotis , Heracleo politeseft in infula Nili, 
longa 
