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The scouts of the Scythians found the Persian host advanced three
days' march from the Ister, and immediately took the lead of them at
the distance of a day's march, encamping from time to time, and
destroying all that grow on the ground. The Persians no sooner caught
sight of the Scythian horse than they pursued upon their track, while
the enemy retired before them. The pursuit of the Persians was
directed towards the single division of the Scythian army, and thus
their line of march was eastward toward the Tanais. The Scyths
crossed the river and the Persians after them, still in pursuit. in
this way they passed through the country of the Sauromatae, and
entered that of the Budini.
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