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According to the account which the Thracians give, the country beyond
the Ister is possessed by bees, on account of which it is impossible
to penetrate farther. But in this they seem to me to say what has no
likelihood; for it is certain that those creatures are very impatient
of cold. I rather believe that it is on account of the cold that the
regions which lie under the Bear are without inhabitants. Such then
are the accounts given of this country, the sea-coast whereof
Megabazus was now employed in subjecting to the Persians.
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