[98] This place was in reality thirty-seven miles and a half from the sea. It was said to have been the native place of the enchantresses Circe and Medea.
[99] The rivers Hippos and Cyaneos do not appear to have been identified.
[100] In the previous page.
[101] Now called the Tchorocsu.
[102] It is doubtful whether this is the same river as that mentioned by Strabo under the name of Chares. D’Anville says that its modern name is Enguri.
[103] Or “Feeders on Lice;” so called, according to Strabo, from the extreme filthiness of their habits.
[104] There is a nation in this vicinity still called by a similar name. Professor Pallas, who visited them, says that nothing can equal their dishonesty, rapacity, and voracity. Parisot suggests that they are probably the descendants of the Phthirophagi of Pliny.
[105] Now called the Khalira, according to D’Anville.
[106] Now called the Hati-Scari, according to D’Anville.
[107] Now the Okhum, according to D’Anville.