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60 places a river here, and there is one in modern maps in this place, called Kaba-Sakal. A place nearly in this ituation, of the name of Bylæum, is to be found in the Peutingerian Tables.

From Elæum to Cales Emporium 120 tadia. There is in D'Anville's map a river of the name of Cales. If o, the port, or emporium, was probably formed by its mouth.

From Cales to the river Lycus 80 tadia. This river is mentioned by Apollonius, by Scylax, and by Xenophon; the latter of whom ays, it was near Heraclea, and 200 feet wide.

From the Lycus to Heraclea 20 tadia. Heraclea was a Greek colony, aid to be founded by the Argive Hercules. Strabo acribes it to the Mileians, and Arrian and Xenophon to the Megareans. There is in Goltzius a plate of a coin of Heraclea, exhibiting a figure crowned with towers, and bearing a cornucopia filled with fruits, indicator of the plenty of proviions, with which it was furnihed. Strabo and Xenophon, as well as Arrian, notice Heraclea as a haven for hips, and it was at one time a coniderable naval power, but was detroyed by Cotta, in the Mithridates war. It appears from Tournefort to have had no natural harbour, but a mole only, which is now, in ruins. Its preent name is Penderachi, or Elegri, both of which are perhaps corruptions of the ancient name.

It is et down in the Peutingerian Tables at the ditance of only 38 miles from the Hippus. Arrian makes it 380 tadia, or Greek