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the diſtance from Tomiſwar to Mankala is 31¼ Engliſh miles, equal nearly to 273 ſtadia, which makes it likely to be the ſame place.

From Callantra to Carus Portus 180 ſtadia. From Carus to Tetriſias Arca 120 ſtadia. This is probably the place called Triſſa in the Peutingerian Tables, and is placed 24 miles from Callantra, or Callatis. It is called Tiriſitria Promontorium by Ptolemy, and Tirſtis by Mela.

From Tetriſias to Bizus 60 ſtadia. This is called Bizon in Pliny, and is ſaid by him to have been ſwallowed up by an earthquake[1] It is called Bihone in the Peutingerian Tables, and is put down as 12 miles diſtant from Triſſa.

From Bizus to Dionyſopolis 80 ſtadia. This diſtance is marked 12 miles, or 96 ſtadia, in the Peutingerian Tables. The Itinerary makes it 42 miles from Callatis to Dionyſopolis, equal to 336 ſtadia. Arrian makes it 440 ſtadia. From Tomi to Varna, or Dionyſopolis, meaſures on the map 97 Engliſh miles, allowing for the doubling of the Cape. In Arrowſmith's chart, it meaſures 91 miles, or nearly 800 itadia. Arrian makes it to be 740 ſtadia, or nearly 85 Engliſh miles. It was formerly called Κρυνος from the ſprings of water in its neighbourhood; and afterwards Dionyſopolis, from a ſtatue of Bacchus being there caſt up by the ſea[2].

From Dionyſopolis to Odeſſus 200 ſtadia. This diſtance is marked in the Itinerary, 24 m. p. which agrees nearly with Arrian.

  1. Lib. iv. c. rr. Mel. lib. ii. c. 2. f
  2. Anonymi Peripli Pont. Eux. Steph. Byzant.
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