[884] The North.
[885] The Northern Ocean.
[886] The south.
[887] The Bay of Bengal.
[888] Sarmatian Mæotæ in the Greek text, but apparently incorrect.
[889] Inhabitants of Georgia.
[890] Inhabitants of Shirvan.
[891] The Scythians here alluded to are the Tartars of Kuban; the Achæans and Zygi are the modern Ziketi; the Heniochi are the Abkazeti.
[892] East of the Caspian.
[893] These Scythians are the Tartars of the Kharasm. The Hyrcanians are the inhabitants of Daghistan and the Corcan. The Parthians occupied the north of Khorasan; the Bactrians the country of Balk. The Sogdians inhabited Bukaria, where are Samarcand and the valley of Al-Sogd.