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The first land situate upon this Gulf is that which is called the Farther Spain or Bætica [Note]; next to which, beginning at the frontier town of Urgi [Note], is the Nearer, or Tarraconensian [Note]
Spain, extending as far as the chain of the Pyrenees. The Farther Spain is divided lengthwise into two provinces, Lusitania [Note] and Bætica, the former stretching along the northern side of the latter, and being divided from it by the river Ana [Note]. The source of this river is in the district of Laminium [Note], in the Nearer Spain. It first spreads out into a number of small lakes, and then again contracts itself into a narrow channel, or entirely disappears under ground [Note], and after frequently disappearing and again coming to light, finally dis- charges itself into the Atlantic Ocean. Tarraconensian Spain lies on one side, contiguous to the Pyrenees, running down- wards along the sides of that chain, and, stretching across from the Iberian Sea to the Gallic ocean [Note], is separated from Bætica and Lusitania by Mount Solorius [Note], the chains of the Oretani [Note] and the Carpetani [Note], and that of the Astures [Note].
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