Zorzo Dolfin translates the account which Leonard gives of the ships’ passage across the hills, as follows: “Et per coangustar, et circumuallar piu la terra, commando, fusse spianato le uie, et sopra i colli messi in terra i uasi a forza de brazze ... per 70 stadia che sono circa miglia ... introdusse le fuste nel mandrachio, le qual per ... miglia con fatica se tiranno in suxo” (Dethier, _Siège de Constantinople_, No. xxii. p. 997). If the number of miles had been given, or had not disappeared, how much discussion would have been spared! Footnote 739: Pusculus, iv. 192; Dolfin, s. 55. Footnote 740: Ducas, p. 282. Footnote 741: Anonymus, ii. p. 39; _Acta Patriarchatus CP._, ii. p. 461; _Itinéraires Russes en Orient_, pp. 104, 105. Footnote 742: According to Dr. Paspates (pp. 381-383), respectively, Pour Kouyou Mesdjidi, and Sheik Mourad Mesdjidi. Footnote 743: Ducas, _ut supra_. Footnote 744: Mordtmann, pp. 7, 8, 45; Du Cange, iv. ad St. Acacium. See above, p. 32. Footnote 745: _Notitia, ad Reg. X._ Footnote 746: Socrates, ii. c. xx.; Theophanes, p. 70. Footnote 747: Du Cange, _ut supra_. Footnote 748: _Ibid._, vi. c. xxi. Footnote 749: _Miklosich et Muller_, iii. p. 88. Footnote 750: _Ibid._, _ut supra_. Footnote 751: According to Du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis, _ad vocem_, from Drungus, “company of soldiers.” The word is connected with the German “Gedrung” and the English “throng.” Footnote 752: Anna Comn., vi. p. 286; cf. Luitprandus, as quoted by Du Cange, in _Anna Comn._, vol. ii. p. 544. Footnote 753: _Tafel und Thomas_, ii. pp. 27, 28: “Via quæ dicitur De Longaria, extra murum civitatis CP.” Footnote 754: _Ibid._, pp. 11, 60: “Scala de Drongario.” Footnote 755: Theophanes, p. 281. Footnote 756: Gerlach, p. 454; Smith, _Epistolæ Quatuor_, p. 88. Footnote 757: Mordtmann, p. 46. Footnote 758: _Pand. Hist. Turc._, s. 200. Footnote 759: Paspates, p. 166. Footnote 760: Heyd, _Histoire du Commerce du Levant_, vol. i. p. 251. Footnote 761: _Ibid._, p. 251. Footnote 762: Theophanes, p. 353; cf. Procopius, _De Æd._, i. c. vii. Footnote 763: _Notitia, ad Reg. VI._ Footnote 764: _Novella LIX._, c. v. Footnote 765: _Paschal Chron._, p. 618. Footnote 766: _Notitia_, _ut supra_. Footnote 767: _Ptochoprodromus_, line 113; cf. Paspates, pp. 164, 165. Footnote 768: VII. p. 286. Footnote 769: _Tafel und Thomas_, i. p. 50. Footnote 770: _Tafel und Thomas_, i. pp. 55-63. Footnote 771: _Ibid._, ii. p. 4; iii. pp. 133-149. Footnote 772: Gyllius, _De Top. CP._, iii. c. i.; Leunclavius, _Pand. Hist. Turc._, s. 200. Footnote 773: