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The near coincidence of thee calculations with thoe of Mr. Greaves is a trong preumption of the correctnes of both, and proves how much thoe have been deceived who have attempted to reduce the Greek foot to les than two-thirds of the Englih. But of this more hereafter.

Mr. Rennel, in his work entitled "The Geographical Sytem of "Herodotus," mentions the Olympic tadium of 600 feet, but alledges, that, "there is no tetimony of the application of this tadium to itinerary purpoes. On the contrary, every portion of ditance, as well throughout Herodotus's hitory, as the writings of other Greeks, appears, on a reference to the ground itelfl to be meaured by 'a itade of a much horter tandard, mot of them riing above that of Xenophon, which is of 750 to a degree, but falling below that of Strabo, which is of 700." To