[736] Agatharchides, as quoted by Diodorus Sic. iii. 27, says expressly that this bird is the ostrich. May it be the cassowary? [737] Groskurd supposes the name of this nation has been omitted in the text, and proposes Acridophagi, or Locust-eaters. [738] According to Agatharchides and Diodorus Sic. iii. 28, the habit of living on locusts produced a kind of winged louse in the interior of the body; but this is denied by Niebuhr. [739] Above, § 4. [740] Pliny, xiii. 17; xv. 13. [741] Perhaps Zeila. Strabo is here describing the coast of the modern kingdom of Adel. [742] The Periplus of the Erythræan Sea indicates on this coast a place called Niloptolemæum, which appears to correspond with the mouth of the river Pedra. _Gossellin._ [743] Phleus schæoris. _Linn._ [744] Daphnus Parvus of the Periplus of the Erythræan Sea. [745] Now Fellis or Fel, which signifies Elephant in Arabic. [746] I think that there is something here omitted and wanting in the text of Strabo, as he seems to make Artemidorus say, that a little after Mount Elephas we find the Horn, or the Cape of the South; for this last appellation appears to have been applied to Cape Guardafui. But this cape, from the time of Philadelphus, and consequently before the period in which Artemidorus wrote, was known by the name of the Promontory of the Aromatics; this author therefore could not have confounded it with the Southern Horn. I have already come to the conclusion that the Southern Horn corresponds with the Southern Cape of Bandel-caus, where commences the desert coast of Ajan, the ancient Azania, respecting which Artemidorus confesses that he was unable to procure any information. It therefore appears to me, that the description which this author must have given of the coast of Africa, from Mount Elephas to the Southern Horn, and which Strabo should have copied, is now wanting in the text. This omission seems to have been noticed by some copyist, who thought to supply it by naming again, to the south of Mount Elephas, the altars of Pytholaus, Lichas, Pythangelus, and Leon, which Artemidorus had already spoken of, and which navigators meet with on the west, and before arriving at Mount Elephas. _Gossellin._ [747] The text of this paragraph is corrupt; but the reading followed is that suggested in a note by Kramer. [748] λέων μύρμηξ. Agatharchides calls them μυρμηκολέων, and Ælian simply μύρμηξ. What animal is intended by the name is uncertain. In b. xv. c. i. §44, the marmot seems to be described. [749] What the words ἐπὶ σειρὰν mean is doubtful. Casaubon supposes that some words are wanting in the text; Groskurd proposes to read ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς ἐπὶ οὐρὰν, “from the head to the tail.” [750] The passage is corrupt, and some words are wanting to complete the sense. Groskurd proposes, “a span less.” [751] Pliny, viii. 29. [752] Ancient authors, under the name of Sphinx, generally describe the ape, _Simia troglodyte_ of Gmelin. _Du Theil._ [753] Simia innuus.