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of the higher satrapies without the Taurus. note On the north it is bounded by the same mountains as India, on the south by the same sea, and by the same river Indus, which separates it from India. It stretches thence towards the west as far as the line drawn from the Caspian Gates note to Carmania, note whence its figure is quadrilateral.
The southern side begins from the mouths of the Indus, and from Patalene, and terminates at Carmania and the mouth of the Persian Gulf, by a promontory projecting a considerable distance to the south. It then makes a bend towards the gulf in the direction of Persia.
The Arbies, who have the same name as the river Arbis, note
are the first inhabitants we meet with in this country. They
are separated by the Arbis from the next tribe, the Oritae, and
according to Nearchus, occupy a tract of sea-coast of about
1000 stadia in length; this country also is a part of India.
Next are the Oritae, a people governed by their own laws.
The voyage along the coast belonging to this people extends
The greater part of the country inhabited by the Ichthyophagi is on a level with the sea. No trees, except palms and a kind of thorn, and the tamarisk, grow there. There is also a scarcity of water, and of food produced by cultivation. Both they and their cattle subsist upon fish, and are supplied by rain water and wells. The
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