CONTENTS. XIX Pages 64. Map-making........ xii 66. The influence of Delphi on colonisation . . xii 69. Europe and Asia....... xii 70. Hecataeus........ xiii 73. Hecataeus on Spain...... xiii 73. The Araxes........ xiii 75. Herodotus........ xiii 84. Herodotus and the Alps..... xiii 84. Alpis and Carpis....... xiii 85. Rivers of South Russia...... xiv 87, 88. The Argippaei and others..... xiv go. The Royal Road....... xiv 95. Dumb commerce . ..... xv 96, The Troglodyte Aethiopians .... xv 96,97. The expedition of the Nasamones. xv 99-101. The circumnavigation of Africa .... xv 101. Scylax of Caryanda...... xvi 103. The voyage of Sataspes...... xvi 104-109. The expedition of Hanno..... xvi 109,110. The expedition of Himilco..... xvii 109. Avienus......... xvii no. Albion and Hierne...... xvii 112-118. The retreat of the Ten Thousand .... xviii 118-120. The 'Periplus' of Scylax..... xviii 120,121. The bifurcation of the I ster..... xviii 135,136. Mistakes concerning the Jaxartes. . . . xviii 136. Patrocles on the Caspian Sea .... xviii 137. The fortress of Aornus...... xix 138. Alexander's turning point..... xix 141-143. The voyage of Nearchus..... xx 146. The Red Sea canal...... xx 147. Ptolemaic colonies in Somaliland ... xx 147, 148. Megasthenes....... xx 152-164. The voyage of Pytheas. : xx 155. Travel by the N. coast of Spain .... xxi 156. Ictis......... xxi 157. Pytheas' measurement of Britain.... xxi 158. Pytheas' visit to the German coast xxi 159. Tides in Pentland Firth ..... xxi