. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. the most precious productions of the countries that lie on the shore of the RedSea. This cannot seemingly be any other than Sumatra, though erroneously placed nearthe Ganges. The only ulterior position is Thinse, a great interior city, situated opposite toPontus and the Caspian Sea, and near to wliere the Palus Mceotis flows into the ocean. Thisstrange site we shall afterwards find reason to consider as a combination of some actualrumours with the theory formed by the f
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. the most precious productions of the countries that lie on the shore of the RedSea. This cannot seemingly be any other than Sumatra, though erroneously placed nearthe Ganges. The only ulterior position is Thinse, a great interior city, situated opposite toPontus and the Caspian Sea, and near to wliere the Palus Mceotis flows into the ocean. Thisstrange site we shall afterwards find reason to consider as a combination of some actualrumours with the theory formed by the first Alexandrian school respecting the form anddimensions of the continent of Asia. There seems some reason, however, to conclude withDr. Vincent, that this Thinae, wlience caravans came by way of Bactria to Barygaza, musthave obscurely indicated the capital of China. Nor can we be easily persuaded that inthe malabathrum, though most usually applied to betel-leaf, some confused idea of tea is notinvolved. Its being so strictly characteristic of China, and being brought by persons of a Fig. 5.—Periplus—African broad forehead, short body, and flat nose,features decidedly Mongol and Chinese,seem all in favour of this supposition, andinconsistent with that which would makeit merely betel-leaf, a product of Indostan;though there is doubtless a great and mani-fest confusion between the two must now look back to the Straits IP of Bab-el-Mandel, and follow our authoralong the Afirican coast. {_Fig. 5.) Fromthose straits vessels proceeded eastwardalong the shore opposite to Arabia, themodern Berbera. Its ports, Avalites, Mo-syllum, Mundos, Daphnon, and others,cannot be easily identified on a coast, withrespect to which we have scarcely any 0 modern data. The imports were nearlythe same as at Adulis; the exports weremyrrh, frankincense, a species of cinna-mon called casia, some other aromatics,slaves, and a little ivory. At length theydoubled the promontory of
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