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112 fih alted were called Melyandria; theparts next the tail, Orea, quai ; the belly-parts, Hypogatria; and when cut into cubical haped pieces, Cybia.

Thoe who deire more information on this ubject may conult Athenæus, who is very difiue in his account, and adds, that a jar of this pickled fih was old for 300 drachmm, or about 10l. Englih.

It was not however the plenty of fih only, which gave the nations on this coat o much advantage in this trade. Nature had very plentifully upplied them with alt alo.

The river Halys, which falls into the ea between Amius and Sinope, takes its name from the alt grounds, through which it lows; and Tournefoft remarks, that all thee parts are full of foile alt, which is found even in the great roads and arable lands.

Several of the places on this coat have, I think, received their names from the trade above mentioned. Thus Halmitis Taurica, which lies near the mouth of the Cimmerian Boporus, the great exit of the tunny-fih from the Palus Mæotis, probably took itname from the trade carried on there, the word ignifying a peron who deals, in alted meats, or fih. Halmyl