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NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BUDRTJM. 599
the Periplus which bears his name, describes it as
an island, a city, and a port.lc Pliny and Mela
mention a Caryanda on the mainland, and the
former author speaks of an island of the same name
with a town.1 It is evident from these statements
that the ancient city must have been situated on
the coast close to an island, the shelter of which
probably formed its harbour. In the notices of
Caryanda, both in Strabo and Stephanus, mention
is made of a lake, ?J[xvr), of the same name.
It is true that in the printed editions of both
these authors, XijimJv has been substituted for Aj'/xvij,
in order to reconcile these passages with the state-
ment of Scylax; but this change is unsupported
by a single MS. in either case, and in the text of
Strabo, if we substitute x/fwij into Tu^'v, the word
rauT-rj, which refers to "h[p.vrh must also be altered."1
Assuming, therefore, that the original reading
in these two passages is the true one, and apply-
ing the description of Caryanda to Gill, we find a
remarkable coincidence in the features of the site.
It will be seen by the Admiralty Chart, No. 1546,
that in the Bay of Gill is a small island within
which is an anchorage, and on the shore are remains
MSS. here have Xifivt) for Xi/xr/y. See Kramer's note, Stephan.
Byzant. s. v. KapvavSa, ed. Berkel. irnXcg k»i Ai/u/j' ojx&vv/xos wXtjtrioy
Mvpoou Ka\ Kut.
k Periplus ap. Geograph. Gr. Minor, i. p. 297, ed. Gail. KapiavSa
yjjtroc ra< jtoXic rai \i/ji)v {iw-oi Kiiocr).
1 Plin. N. H. v. 29, § 29, and v. 31, § 3G. Mela, De Situ
Orb. i. 16.
m See the article Caryanda, in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and
Roman Geography, and Groskurd's note, Transl. Strabo, iii. p. 53,
there cited.
the Periplus which bears his name, describes it as
an island, a city, and a port.lc Pliny and Mela
mention a Caryanda on the mainland, and the
former author speaks of an island of the same name
with a town.1 It is evident from these statements
that the ancient city must have been situated on
the coast close to an island, the shelter of which
probably formed its harbour. In the notices of
Caryanda, both in Strabo and Stephanus, mention
is made of a lake, ?J[xvr), of the same name.
It is true that in the printed editions of both
these authors, XijimJv has been substituted for Aj'/xvij,
in order to reconcile these passages with the state-
ment of Scylax; but this change is unsupported
by a single MS. in either case, and in the text of
Strabo, if we substitute x/fwij into Tu^'v, the word
rauT-rj, which refers to "h[p.vrh must also be altered."1
Assuming, therefore, that the original reading
in these two passages is the true one, and apply-
ing the description of Caryanda to Gill, we find a
remarkable coincidence in the features of the site.
It will be seen by the Admiralty Chart, No. 1546,
that in the Bay of Gill is a small island within
which is an anchorage, and on the shore are remains
MSS. here have Xifivt) for Xi/xr/y. See Kramer's note, Stephan.
Byzant. s. v. KapvavSa, ed. Berkel. irnXcg k»i Ai/u/j' ojx&vv/xos wXtjtrioy
Mvpoou Ka\ Kut.
k Periplus ap. Geograph. Gr. Minor, i. p. 297, ed. Gail. KapiavSa
yjjtroc ra< jtoXic rai \i/ji)v {iw-oi Kiiocr).
1 Plin. N. H. v. 29, § 29, and v. 31, § 3G. Mela, De Situ
Orb. i. 16.
m See the article Caryanda, in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and
Roman Geography, and Groskurd's note, Transl. Strabo, iii. p. 53,
there cited.