XVI ADDITIONAL NOTES.
Muller shows that it would have been quite possible for the Phoe-
nicians to raise one crop of wheat in the temperate zone of South
Africa, and another in Morocco. Warmington points out that
vessels sailing round Africa with the clock would mostly be favoured
by the coastal currents. The fact that the cruise of the Phoenicians
was not repeated does not prove that it did not take place. Little
came of the voyages of Nearchus and of Pytheas, whose historical
character is assured. On the other hand it is rightly pointed out
in the text that the detail about the appearance of the sun in the
northern sky does not definitely confirm the veracity of Herodotus*
informants. It is wisest to preserve Herodotus' non-committal
attitude in regard to his own narrative.
P. 101. Scylax of Caryanda
The historical character of Scylax's cruise is confirmed by an
inscription of King Darius at Suez, in which he declares that he
had dug a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea, and had given
orders for ships to proceed by this waterway to Persia. (G. B. Gray,
in Carnb* Anc. Hist, vol. 4, p. 200.)
P. 103. The voyage of Sataspes
If Sataspes reached the Guinea coast, he outdistanced all other
ancient navigators in West African waters. But previous to meeting
the Guinea current he might have been held up in the equatorial
doWmrns, in which the north-easterly trade winds die out on the
latitude of C. Verde.
Pp. 104-109. The expedition of Hanno
The explorer Hanno need not be identified with the son of
Hamilcar, for his was a not uncommon name at Carthage. The
only certain fact about him is that he was a contemporary of Himilco
(p. 109, n. 2). In that case his voyage took place about 500 B.C.
(editor's note to pp, 109, no). The translation of his report into
Greek may have been due to the historian Polybius, who followed
in Hanno's wake (p. 209).
The fragmentary condition in which the Greek text has come
down to us has given rise to much discussion among modern
scholars as to the length of Hanno's cruise and the situation of his
stopping-points. It has been supposed that the 'burning mountain1