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230 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"paths nor roads. And it cometh to an end some way<br />

"off near the land of Persia, and at its [p. 131] ex-<br />

"tremities are roads which bring a man out to Ad-<br />

"horbaijan, and to the land of Persia, and to the<br />

"land of India. And this mountain retreateth, as<br />

"thou seest, towards a mighty river which is by the<br />

"side of the sea, and which goeth up round about<br />

"the road. Snakes, and scorpions, and all kinds of<br />

"reptiles are found on this road, and no man can<br />

"travel thereon without great fear [of death] by<br />

"reason of the multitudes of wild beasts and<br />

"reptiles which dwell here. Neither we, nor our<br />

"fathers and grandfathers who were before us,<br />

"were able to go up therein, even as thou thyself<br />

"shalt see, if God the Most High pleaseth, and<br />

"this mountain [serveth] as a fortress between us<br />

"and the nations who live beyond it, for they are<br />

The wicked "evil nations." The Two-horned said unto them,<br />

"What are these nations which Hve beyond that<br />

"mountain? And they spake unto him, saying,<br />

"Magug (Magog), and Yagug (Gog), and Niili, and<br />

"Agma, and Amraban, and Namu, and Bargisa,<br />

"and Samerik, and Hosae, and'Asefi, and Salgu,<br />

"and Katlubi, and Amrak, and Kawabir, and Hano;<br />

"these are their twelve kingdoms" "^—Now we have<br />

' In the Syriac the mountain passes by the sea of Beth-<br />

Katraye, i. e., the Persian Gulf, and ends in outer Persia near<br />

India.<br />

^ In the Greek (Miiller, p. 143, col. i) twenty-two king-<br />

doms are mentioned, but only the names of f-cwlve are given:<br />

Mdxujx, KuveKeqpoi\oi,NoOvoi,(t>ovoKepdToi,21upiacropoi,"lujvei;,

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