[109] See [Appendix I].
[110] The reader will find most of the chief places named in the course of this historical sketch indicated on the historical map, but we have purposely refrained from making repeated references to it, and even, in many cases, to authorities on history, where that would interfere unnecessarily with the continuity of the narrative.
[111] Vol. iv. pp. 258-262.
[112] Between 453 and 469 a.d. according to different writers.
[113] Le Sage, Table 8.
[114] Gibbon, vol. vii. p. 104.
[115] This character is by some writers given to the Wallachs or Roumanians, and Bonfinius (Book IV.) says that their name is derived from certain Greek words indicating their skill in archery.
[116] Roesler, p. 234 et seq. It is necessary to add that Roesler derives much of his information from Turkish sources. (Appendix, pp. 359-361.) According to one writer, Abu-Ali-Ahmed Ben Omar Ibn-Dasta, the settled Bulgarians were an agricultural people cultivating cereals, in whose villages were mosques, elementary schools, &c. Many, however, were heathens, who prostrated themselves whenever they met an acquaintance.
[117] Roesler, p. 156 et seq.
[118] Roesler, p. 164 et seq.