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126 The lat ditance I hall cite from this author is from Lacedæmon to Crete, which is counted one day's fail, and is nearly 500 tadia. The average of the above ditances is about 470 tadia in the coure of twelve hours, or nearly 40 tadia, or 5 Greek miles, every hour.

Xenophon in his Anabais ays, that he failed from Cotyora to Harmene in two days and one night. This ditance by ea, if meaured round Cape Boona, amounts to 1422 tadia, or 162.765 Englih miles, by D'Anville's map, which is equal to nearly 500474 [sic] tadia daily. By Arrowmith's chart it is 167 Englih miles, equal to 1460 tadia nearly, or about 487 tadia daily.

Xenophon ays again, that the Greeks failed from Harmene, or Sinope, to Heraclea in two days, which is about 1800 tadia; but the hips they employed were probably not the bet ailers, as he ays, that a trireme galley would, in a very long day, fail from Byzantium to Heraclea. This, according to Arrowmith's chart, is 1150 tadia, or 131 Englih miles nearly, which, if we reckon ixteen hours to the day, would be nearly 8¼ miles per hour. Xenophon however eteems this an extraordinary exertion, and uch as required, no doubt, a favourable wind; and then, by the joint power of fails and oars, uch a ditance is not unlikely to be accomplihed.

Tournefort, though embarraed with the company of many veels, and bad failors, Went 80 miles in a day on this coat, with the greatet eae, and even by four in the afternoon; and failed eventy miles more that night. He accounts 50 miles a mall ditance for a day's ail, and 60 miles as a very moderate one. Had