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Now as this river flows through regions that are inhabited, its course
is perfectly well known; but of the sources of the Nile no one can
give any account, since Libya, the country through which it passes,
is desert and without inhabitants. As far as it was possible to get
information by inquiry, I have given a description of the stream. It
enters Egypt from the parts beyond. Egypt lies almost exactly
opposite the mountainous portion of Cilicia, whence a
lightly-equipped traveller may reach Sinope on the Euxine in five
days by the direct route. Sinope lies opposite the place where the
Ister falls into the sea. My opinion therefore is that the Nile, as
it traverses the whole of Libya, is of equal length with the Ister.
And here I take my leave of this subject.
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