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[163:A] Vide Herodotus, lib. iv.
[167:A] See the Hist. of the Acad. Ann. 1725.
[170:A] See the collection of Northern Voyages, page 200.
[173:A] Vide Pliny, Hist. Nat. Vol. I. lib. 2.
[175:A] See the ancient relations of travels by land to China, page 53 and 54.
[177:A] Since this time, however, great discoveries, have been made; Mons. Vaillant has given a particular description of the country from the Cape to the borders of Caffraria; and much information has also been acquired by the Society for Asiatic Researches.
[178:A] See the Hist. of New France, by the Pere Charlevoix. Vol. III. page 30 and 31.