[924] The Byzacii occupied the southern parts of the kingdom of Tunis.
[925] Greek, Nomades, or wandering shepherds, from which the Latins formed the name Numidæ. These people inhabited Algiers.
[926] Carthage extended as far west as the promontory of Tretum, now Sebta-Ras or the Seven Heads. From thence the Masylies inhabited as far as Cape Carbon; and from thence the Masæsylii possessed the country as far as the river Molochath, now the Maluia, beyond which were the Maurusians extending to the Atlantic.
[927] Numidae.
[928] The climata are zones parallel to the equator. The ancients generally reckoned seven climata, which in the time of Hipparchus terminated at 48° 30′ 35″, where the longest day consisted of sixteen hours. He however multiplied these divisions and extended them farther towards the poles. It is a great pity that Strabo has not noted all of them.
[929] According to Strabo, 12° 34′ 17″.
[930] According to Strabo, 52° 25′ 42″.
[931] Now Gherri, on the banks of the Nile.
[932] i. e. they are the most southern of those for whom, &c.
[933] Bab-el-Mandeb, The Gate of Tears.