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116 larget river in that neighbourhood. It ries, he ays, in Armenia, and receiving everal other treams from mount Caucaus, pours itelf through a narrow channel into Albania, and becomes then a large tream, by the acceion of four other navigable rivers; and, being thus increaed, empties itelf into the Cafpian ea.

From modern maps, and the conideration of the large rivers, which appear to flow into it, I make no doubt, that it was navigable (for uch'veels as uually trade on rivers) as high as the meridian of Sarapana, which place till retains its ancient name, and is in one place ditant only about 25 miles from a branch of the Cyrus. Sarapana was a fortified place, lying, as Sarapan now does, on one of the rivers that compoe the Phais, which lat: river, Strabo tells us, was alo navigable o far. To this place the goods brought up the Cyrus were carried in waggons, and there re-embarked upon the Phais, (which both Arrian and Pliny decribe, as a very large river,) and carried down to its opening into the Euxine ea.

Strabo ays, that the breadth of this ithmus, from the mouth of the Cyrus to Colchis, is about 3000 tadia, or 343 Englih miles. This eems to be nearly correct; the narrowet part is about 318 Englih miles wide; but as the mouth of the Cyrus lies obliquely to the outhward, this deviation would increae the ditance rather more, I think, than Strabo's computation, who does not indeed profefs to itate the ditance with exactnes. Diocurias, which lies coniderably to the north of the mouth of