[450] France.
[451] Between the Rhine and Elbe.
[452] The latitudes of Marseilles and Constantinople differ by 2° 16′ 21″. Gosselin enters into a lengthened explanation on this subject, i. 158.
[453] Ireland.
[454] The eastern mouth of the Ganges.
[455] Cape St. Vincent.
[456] In the opinion of Strabo and Eratosthenes, the narrowest portion of India was measured by a line running direct from the eastern embouchure of the Ganges to the sources of the Indus, that is, the northern side of India bounded by the great chain of the Taurus.
[457] Cape Comorin is the farthest point on the eastern coast. Strabo probably uses the plural to indicate the capes generally, not confining himself to those which project a few leagues farther than the rest.
[458] The Euphrates at Thapsacus, the most frequented passage; hod. El-Der.
[459] The Pelusiac mouth of the Nile, now Thineh or Farameh.