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the diſtances, which he deſcribes in Aiia Minor, may afford more ſatiſfactory information. Length of the daily march of the army of Cyrus.Mr. Rennel tells us, that "Xenophon's ordinary march was 150 ſtadia daily, which both he and Herodotus accounts to be equal to five paraſangas.” The proper way, I apprehend, of computing the march of Xenophon's army, is to take that part of it where they marched over ground with which they were acquainted; not where they were haraſſed and purſued by the enemy. I would therefore ſelect the account of their march from Sardis to Babylon, a ſpace where the diſtances were meaſured, and more to be depended on than thoſe which occurred when they were traverſing backwards and forwards deſerts, and other difficult and dangerous paths, with which they were totally unacquainted.

March of Xenopbon, with the Greek Auxiliaries.

	Paraſngas.	Days journey.	Stadia, according to D'Anville.
From Sardis to the Mænder	22	3	475
From the Maeander to Coloſea	8	1	200
From Coloſea to Celenæ	20	3	475
From Celanæ to Peltæ	10	2	259
From Peltæ to the Market of the Cramians	1	2	2
From the Market of the Cramians to Cayſtrus	30	3	600
From Cayſtrus to Thymbrium	10	2	250
From Thymbrium to Iconium	20	3	675
From Iconium to Tyana	25	4	1275
From Tyana to Tarſus	254		535
From Tarſus to Pharus	10	2
From Pharus to Pyramus	5	1	350
From Pyramus to Iſſus	15	2	300
From Iſſus to the Gates of Cilicia	5	1	125
From the Gates of Cilicia to Myriandrus	5	1	150
From Myriandrus to Calus	20	4	600

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