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As long as the march of the Persian army lay through the countries of
the Scythians and Sauromatae, there was nothing which they could
damage, the land being waste and barren; but on entering the
territories of the Budini, they came upon the wooden fortress above
mentioned, which was deserted by its inhabitants and left quite empty
of everything. This place they burnt to the ground; and having so
done, again pressed forward on the track of the retreating Scythians,
till, having passed through the entire country of the Budini, they
reached the desert, which has no inhabitants, and extends a distance
of seven days' journey above the Budinian territory. Beyond this
desert dwell the Thyssagetae, out of whose land four great streams
flow. These rivers all traverse the country of the Maeotians, and
fall into the Palus Maeotis. Their names are the Lycus, the
Oarus, the Tanais, and the Syrgis.
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