OF PART THE SECOND. xvii 
The positions of HeliopoUs, and of the places 
near to that city, in y4rabia, are by no means 
doubtful; since they are always mentioned 
together, and in the clearest manner, by Hero- 
dotus, by Slrabo, by Joseplms, by Ptolemy, and by 
Antoninus, in his Itinerary. Cellarius places 
Phacusa, Bubastus, and HeliopoUs, in Arabia; 
upon the authority of Ptolemy. Bryant cen- 
sures him for so doing ; and knowing nothing of 
the rich borders of Arabia, accuses him' of 
stationing provinces " in the desertsT The 
authority of Cellarius ought not to be superseded 
by the mere opinion even of such a scholar 
as Bryant; especially if opinion be unsup- 
ported by matter of fact: and in this instance, 
the principle of the " malim errare'' is very 
admissible. The evidences for the position of 
HeliopoUs, as deduced from Herodotus, Straho, 
Ptolemy, and the Itinerary of Antoninus, are as 
follow. 
" To one going upwards from HeliopoUs,'' says 
Herodotus*, "Egypt is narrow, owing to the 
(3) See Observations, p. 11'.'. Note 7. 
(4) 'A'ra oi'KXiovvroT.iiis etv^^ titri, irrsivn ItrTi AiyuTms- 'r^ ftXy yap Tr,; 
Apapittii opos TfapariraTxi, »• r. X. h tm xai Xi^o7i>(t'iai iyiist, ai i; to.; "Zvpafn- 
%a4 x.a.ra.Tfi.r^iuaa.t tki h MsAt?/. HcrodoLi Euterpe, c.\u'i. pp. 9'2,93- 
Land. 167£>. 
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