[438] Not only the Oritæ, but all those mentioned in the following Chapter. For further particulars as to the Ichthyophagi, see B. vii. c. [2].
[439] See the [Notes] at the end of this Book.
[440] By descending the Indus, and going up the Persian Gulf.
[441] Near the mouth of the Indus, Hardouin says.
[442] One of Alexander’s most distinguished officers, and a native of Pella. He commanded the division of cavalry and light-armed troops which accompanied the fleet of Alexander down the Indus, along the right bank of the river. The Alexandria here mentioned does not appear to have been identified. It is not to be confounded with Alexandria in Arachosia, nor yet with a place of the same name in Carmania, the modern Kerman.
[443] A river Tomerus is spoken of by Arrian as lying between the Indus and the river Arabis or Arbis.
[444] They seem to have dwelt along the shores of the modern Mukran, south of Beloochistan, and probably part of Kerman.
[445] Called Nosala by Arrian. Ansart suggests that it is the island now known by the name of Sengadip. It lay probably off the promontory or headland of the Sun, on the eastern coast of Arabia.
[446] Mela suggests the reason, but gives to the island a different locality—“over against the mouth of the Indus.” He says that the air of the island is of such a nature as to take away life instantaneously, and appears to imply that the heat is the cause.
[447] Possibly that now known as the Rud Shur.