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Rh called Ruiki Bogai, and is aid to be the deepet. To the north of the firt mouth lay the iland of Achilles, which Arrian eems to have mitaken for the Dromos, or Coure of Achilles, which was a peninula to the north of the iland. The iland was called Leuce, or white, from its colour, and is noticed under that name by Ptolemy. It eems the ame that is at preent called Ilan-Adai, or Serpents Iland. Arrian pends more words in the decription of this inignificant place than it eems to merit; but as he has thought proper to do o, I hall notice what he ays. It appears to have been inhabited in his time by a few goats only; but there was a temple in it, which contained many votive offerings, as cups, rings, and precious tones. There were likewie incriptions, both in the Greek and Latin languages, hung up in the temple, in honour both of Achilles and of Patroclus; and acrifices were performed there, which hews that the upertition continued until the time of Arrian, and is another intance of the preervation of the ancient Greek traditions in this country. He remarks, that the fiery vapours, which are probably electrical, and which are frequently een in the Mediterranean ea, playing about the mats, yards, and rigging of the hip, which went formerly under the name of Cator and Pollux, and are now called the fires of St. Helmo, were een about this iland, and were then called the fires of Achilles, and were at that time thought, as they have been in later times, to foretell a properous voyage.

From the econd mouth of the Danube to the one called 40 tadia. From the mouth called to the one called 60