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Above the mart of the Borysthenites, which is situated in the very
centre of the whole sea-coast of Scythia, the first people who
inhabit the land are the Callipedae, a Greco-Scythic race. Next
to them, as you go inland, dwell the people called the Alazonians.
These two nations in other respects resemble the Scythians in their
usages, but sow and eat corn, also onions, garlic, lentils, and
millet. Beyond the Alazonians reside Scythian cultivators, who grow
corn, not for their own use, but for sale. Still higher up are the
Neuri. Northwards of the Neuri the continent, as far as it is known
to us, is uninhabited. These are the nations along the course of the
river Hypanis, west of the Borysthenes.
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