[728] Hesychius says that it was also called Aëria, probably from the time of its king Ægyptus, who was called Aërius.
[729] “Ubi desiimus.” This appears to be a preferable reading to “ubi desinit,” adopted by Sillig, and apparently referring to the river Nile. It is not improbable that our author here alludes, as Hardouin says, to his words in the preceding Chapter, “Hinc in ora Æthiopiæ,” &c. See p. [96].
[730] Ansart thinks that the country of this people was the modern Kordofan. This, however, could not be the case, if the Macrobii, opposite to them, dwelt on the African side of the river.
[731] Or “long-livers.”
[732] Mentioned again in c. 2 of the next Book.
[733] Who is mentioned again in B. xxxvi. c. 19.
[734] Ptolemy, however, speaks of Esar and Daron as the names of towns situate on the island of Meroë.
[735] On the eastern side of the Nile, and bearing no reference, as Hardouin remarks, to the people of modern Nubia.
[736] There is considerable doubt as to the correctness of these names, as they are differently spelt in the MSS.
[737] Marcus thinks that these mountains are those which lie to the west of the Nile, in Darfour, and Dar-Sale, or Dizzela, mentioned by Salt, in his Travels in Abyssinia.