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Rh of Libya, or Africa. This he etimates as one day and one night's ail. The ditance is about 850 tadia, which is ufficiently near the former computation, as fractions of a day or night are eldom expreed in the ancient writers on thee ubjects.

Another ditance which he pecifies is from the mouth of the river Strymon to Seitos, which is reckoned as two days and two nights fail. It meaures about 1400 tadia; but it might take up more time than uual, on account of the currents, which et very trongly from the Euxine through the Straits into the Ægean ea.

Let us now examine ome of the ditances on the Euxine ea itelf, which are mot applicable to the preent purpoie.

From A the mouth of the Iter to Criu-metopon, or the Ram'head promontory, is reckoned three days and three nights ail. The ditance is about 243 Englih miles, equal to about 2130 tadia, or about 710 tadia for a day and a night's ail.

Another ditance is from Criu-metopon to Panticapaeum, which is reckoned a day and a night's ail. This is omewhat, but not greatly, more than 1000 tadia.

Another ditance et down (not indeed in the Euxine ea) is from the mouth of the river Meander to the promontory of Cragus. This is called a voyage of two days, and appears to be about 1500 tadia, and the paage o entangled among the ilands that in all probability it was not reckoned afe to fail in the night time. The