[738] From this it would appear that Pliny, with Dalion, supposed that the Nile ran down to the southern ocean, and then took a turn along the coast in a westerly direction; the shore being skirted by Syrtes, or quicksands, similar to those in the north of Africa.
[739] So called from the Greek—“Eaters of wild beasts.”
[740] The “all-eaters.”
[741] Or the “livers on the milk of the dog.”
[742] In c. 8 of the preceding Book.
[743] They were thence called by the Greeks “Acridophagi.” According to Agatharchides, these people dwelt in what is modern Nubia, where Burkhardt found the people subsisting on lizards.
[744] Hardouin remarks, that the length is measured from south-east to south-west; and the breadth from south to north.
[745] The supposed Southern Ocean, which joins the Atlantic on the west.
[746] Or the “Chariot of the gods,” mentioned also in Book ii. c. 110, and B. v. c. 1. It is supposed to have been some portion of the Atlas chain; but the subject is involved in the greatest obscurity.
[747] Or the “Western Horn.” It is not known whether this was Cape de Verde, or Cape Roxo. Ansart thinks that it is the same as Cape Non. It is mentioned in c. 1 of B. v. as the “promontorium Hesperium.”