without any marks of diſbelief of their exiſtence; and it is ſaid[1], that ſome modern ſavages reſemble the ancient, and their counterpart monkies, in being fond of this beaſtly viand. Arrian might certainly have ſpared his cenſure of Herodotus, as he owns, that what that Hiſtorian relates was the common opinion in his own time.
From Nitica to the river Abaſcus 90 ſtadia. This river probably belonged to the Abaſgi before mentioned.
From the Abaſcus to the river Borgys 120 ſtadia. From the Borgys to the Nefis 60 ſtadia. Arrian ſays, that here was the promontory Herculeum. If there be no miſtake here, there was another place of the ſame name about 300 ſtadia to the northward.
From Neſis to Maſætica 90 ſtadia. From Maſætica to the Achæus 60 ſtadia. Arrian obſerves, that this river ſeparates the nation of the Zicchi from that of the Sanigæ, and that Satchempax was king of the Zicchi, and nominated by Hadrian, which ſhews that the Romans interfered in the nomination of kings beyond the limits of their own acknowledged territories.
From the Achæus to Promontorium Herculis 150 ſtadia. From Promontorium Herculis to another promontory 180 ſtadia. From the other promontory to ancient Lazica 120 ſtadia. The Lazi were the old inhabitants of this country, according to Procopius[2], and changed their name into that of Colchi. Theſe people were in ſome meaſure ſubject: to Rome, as Julius Capitolinus tells us, that
