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ARRIAN'S PERIPLUS

ſophus and Xenophon. Here commences the boundary of Paphlagonia. From the river Parthenius to Amaſtris, a Greek city, where there is a port for ſhips, ninety ſtadia . From thence to the Erythini ſixty ſtadia. From the Erythini to Cromna ſixty ſtadia. From Cromna to Cytorus, where there is a port, ninety ſtadia. From Cytorus to Ægialus ſixty ſtadia. From Ægialus to Thymena ninety ſtadia. From Thymena to Carambis an hundred and twenty ſtadia. From Carambis to Zephyrium an hundred and ſixty ſtadia. From Zephyrium to the fortreſs of Abonum, where there is a ſmall city, one hundred and fifty ſtadia. The port here is not altogether ſafe; nevertheleſs, ſhips may lie here free from harm, if the tempeſt be not very violent. From the fortreſs of Abonum to Æginetis an hundred and fifty ſtadia. From Æginetis to the mart of Cinolis ſixty ſtadia. In the ſummer ſeaſon ſhips may lie here. From Cinolis to Stephanes, a ſafe port for ſhips, an hundred and eighty ſtadia. From Stephanes to Potamos an hundred and fifty ſtadia. From Potamos to Lepte Acra one hundred and twenty ſtadia. From Lepte Acra to Harmene ſixty ſtadia. There is a port at Harmene. This place is mentioned by Xenophon. From Harmene to Sinope, a colony of the Mileſians, forty ſtadia. From Sinope to Carufa, where there is an open road where ſhips lie, but no port, an hundred and fifty ſtadia. From Caruſa to Zagora an hundred and fifty ſtadia. From Zagora to the river Halys three hundred ſtadia. This river was formerly the boundary between the kingdom of Crœſus and that of the Perſians; but now it is in the Roman territory. Its courſe is not from the South, as Herodotus deſcribes it, but from the Eaſt; and where it diſcharges itſelf into the Pontus, it forms the boundary between the Sinopians and the Amiſenians. From the river Halys to Nauſtathmus, where there is a marſh, ninety ſtadia. From hence to Conopæum, where there is another marſh, fifty ſtadia. From Conopæm to Euſene

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