fi^,  tbat,  to  one  who  azaniDes  tbe  text  willi  cam
and  attention,  tbe  Sera  of  Ptoleny  wiH  appear,  if  not
actually  to  coincide  with,  at  least  to  have  been  in  iba

immediate  viciii  ity  of,  Suywi,  tbe  chief  city  of  tbe  mod-
em province  of  Ske»^  in.  China.  {Mtmnert,  Gt^.f
vol.  4,  .p.  5U6.)— Let  ue  now  compere,  for  a  moment,
with  what  we  have  thus  far  suled,  tbe  acconnt  given
of  SericB  by  Piofemy  himaelf.  {Ptolem.,  Geogr.,  p.
414.)  H  ZiipiK^  Trepupi^Toi,  uicq  fKV  dvcewf  ^x-
ro(  '^looii  6piiV{  £kv6(^.  'Avi  H  dpKTuv,  uyvuary
y^-  6fipiac  Si  xai  an'  uvareXwir  iyvutrr^  -jy.  'Am  m
fuattfitfiiat  tt  Xotvy  f^fft  r^f  iK-rif  Vayyov  'Ivdi-
JCOT  xot  M  ^ivaif.  "  Series  is  bounded  on  the  we^l
by  Scythia  beymid  Imam  {Seytkia  extra  Jmaum) ;  on
the  north  by  unknown  land,  as  well  as  on  tbe  east ;  on
tbe  south  by  the  rensining  uonion  of  India  beyond
the  (ranges,  and  alao  by  the  Sim."  Tbe  geographez
then  prmieeds  to  atela  (tiuf.) :  'Qpy  di  dtiCuon  Xf*

PW^.  TU  Tt  JfO^O^tCVB  'Awifo,  Kol  TUV  AV^Uu'wV  IV

dvarojUiciv  ffipott  Koj  ri  KoJio^teva  'Aoppola  fpf,
Kol  rwv  KoMuv  t6  dvarQ^utw  ftepo(,  koi  t6  Odyov-
pov  Spo(,  in  Si  Tuv  'H/uidwv  xai  Xtjpuaiv  KuXovfUvw
TO  uMiroAw^  fiep^t  <co^  xaXoi(i/m'oi<  'OrrcMwxo^^af.
"MouBlaioa  inteiaecl  Series;  namely,  toe  lango
wbieh  is  esUed  Aonibs,  end  the  eeatem  part  of  the
Anxakisn  ehaiii,  togeiber  with  tboea  that  ate  denemi*
nated  Asmirea,  the  eaatem  part  of  tbe  Castan  range.
