Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

172 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
pillar from [the top of] which the Ocean' could
be seen, and from which also could be descried
the countries of those mighty nations.
And I came on with twenty horsemen, and we
marched until we arrived at the country of Kas-
Aiexander's makatim/ and we encamped therein for three
vL" "^"'days; then we marched from it for fifteen nights,^
passing through a region which was full of streams
and watercourses, and we travelled through it.
And we departed from this place and marched
again for fifteen nights, and we passed through
caves which were beneath the mountains; now
that road had not before been trodden"* by any
He comes other mau. And we marched from that place
and arrived in the country of China; now that
country is called "Naas".'
He disguis- And I drew nigh unto one of my friends, and I
' commanded
that they should not call me Alexander,
and I made out myself to be a messenger of
Alexander, the king of Greece. Now when I
arrived at the gate of the city the people thereof
marvelled at me, and said unto me, "Whence
"hast thou come, and whither wouldst thou go in
"this our country?" and they wished to lead me
before their king. And when I had arrived at
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