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154<br />

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

And we departed from that place, and we march-<br />

ed through a wilderness of jungle in which there<br />

were no men, and we travelled on by the side<br />

of a lake until we arrived at the shore of the<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> great sca whlch is called el-Pontos,' that is to<br />

ocTan. ° ^say, the sea which goeth round the whole world.<br />

And I commanded the half of my army to encamp<br />

there, while I marched on with the [other] half,<br />

and we heard a voice from the sea"" [speaking] in<br />

the Greek language,^ though we saw no man, but<br />

I saw an island which was near unto us in the<br />

sea, and I commanded two men to gfo to it. And<br />

when they were arriving there I saw beasts which<br />

were like unto men, only they were much larger<br />

Sea mon-than mcn and they resembled camels, and they<br />

stroy ^a rushed out of the sea and laid hold upon twenty<br />

me""''^<br />

°^of my men who had gone into the sea, and then<br />

they went [again] into the sea.<br />

Now when I saw this we departed from that place, *<br />

and marched sixty and five nights after which we<br />

descended into a certain place.^ And we saw therein<br />

' See above, p. 2, note 3.<br />

' Read 'h9°f\(hC '<br />

3 n>1

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