[914] Probably asa-fœtida.
[915] The Troglodytic extended along the western coast of the Arabian Gulf.
[916] The Ichthyophagi of Gedrosia inhabited the barren coasts of Mekran.
[917] The term of Ethiopians was a generic name given by the Greeks and Romans to the most southern inhabitants of Africa they at any time happened to be acquainted with; consequently the position of this country frequently shifted.
[918] The Garamantæ inhabited the Kawan; Garama, their capital, is now named Gherma. The Pharusians and Nigritæ dwelt south of the present kingdom of Morocco.
[919] The Marmaridæ extended west from Egypt, as far as Catabathmus, near the present Cape Luco.
[920] Viz. to the south and west.
[921] The Gulfs of Sydra and Cabes.
[922] The Psylli and Nasamones inhabited the eastern parts of the present kingdom of Tripoli, above the Greater Syrtes and the desert of Barca.
[923] The Asbystæ were a people of Libya above Cyrene, where the temple of Ammon stood; Jupiter is sometimes called on that account Asbysteus.