The Adventures of Captain Mago. Cahun David-Léon
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Название: The Adventures of Captain Mago

Автор: Cahun David-Léon

Издательство: Public Domain

Жанр: Зарубежная классика

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СКАЧАТЬ of these galleys, see notes at the end of the Volume.

16

The common cubit is about 16 inches.

17

Nisan; part of March and April.

18

Chittim, the classical Citium, a Phœnician colony in Cyprus.

19

Nectar; the sweet and perfumed wine of the Phœnicians, said by the Greeks to be the drink of the gods.

20

Senir, in Libanus, now Djebel Sannin.

21

The Grecian Tamith; according to the Phœnician legend, she was the inventor of sails.

22

The Mediterranean.

23

Baaltis, feminine of Baal, lord.

24

Melek was the title of the Kings of Judah, as Pharaoh was that of the Kings of Egypt.

25

See note on Chap. II. at end of Volume.

26

Jam Souph, the Red Sea.

27

I am guilty of an anachronism here for the mere satisfaction of introducing the name of the great historian.

28

Now Ras-el-Abiad.

29

That is, 32½ geographical miles, the rate given by Herodotus.

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