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αἱ ἀλλ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἂν ἀνθρώπων ἀπὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτὴν αὐτῆς αὐτοῖς αὐτὸν αὐτοῦ αὐτῷ αὐτῶν γὰρ δὲ καὶ διὰ ἔθνη εἰ εἶναι εἰς τὸν εἶτα ἐκ τῆς ἐκ τοῦ ἐκ τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐν τοῖς ἐν τῷ ἕνα ἔνθα ἐνταῦθα ἐξ ἐπ ἐπὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐστιν ἔτι ἔχει ἕως ἡμᾶς ἡμέρᾳ ἡμῖν ἡμῶν ἦν Θεὸν ἵνα εἴπῃ καθὰ καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ εἰς καὶ ἐν καὶ ἐπὶ καὶ ἡ καὶ ὁ καὶ οἱ καὶ πάλιν καὶ τὰ καὶ τὴν καὶ τῆς καὶ τοῦ κατὰ τὸν λέγει λοιπὸν μᾶλλον μὲν μετὰ μὴ νεκρῶν νῦν ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι οὐ οὐκ οὖν οὔτε οὗτος οὕτω οὕτως πάντα τὰ παρὰ Παραγραφή περὶ πρὸς πρῶτον πῶς σὺν ταῖς τὰς ταῦτα τὴν γῆν τῆς γῆς τί τὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τοῦ Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ κόσμου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τοὺς τοῦτο τῶν ὑμῖν ὑπὸ φησὶν Χριστὸς ὧν ὡς ὡσανεὶ ὥσπερ Cosmas
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Page 368 - The Blemmyes were fierce predatory nomads of the Nubian wilds and the regions adjacent. Emeralds were found in the mines of Upper Egypt, and were no doubt shipped from Adule for the Indian markets by the Ethiopian traders who bought them from the Blemmyes. If taken to Barygaza (Bharoch), they could be transported thence by a frequented trade-route to Ujjain, thence to Kabul, and thence over the Hindu Kush to the regions of the Oxus.
Page 362 - The colour of the said animal resembles that of a dark bay horse, and his head resembles that of a stag; his neck is not very long, and he has some thin and short hair which hangs on one side; his legs are slender and lean like those of a goat; the foot is a little cloven in the fore part, and long and goat-like, and there are some hairs on the hind part of the said legs.
Page 362 - They have hair like that of a buffalo, feet like those of an elephant, and a horn in the middle of the forehead, which is black and very thick. They do no mischief, however, with the horn, but with the tongue alone; for this is covered all over with long and strong prickles [and when savage with any one they crush him under their knees and then rasp him with their tongue].
Page 363 - Cosmas has confounded the cocoa-nut milk with the coco-palm toddy. For sura is the name applied on the Malabar coast to the latter. Roncho may represent lnnht1, the name applied there to the nut when ripe, but still soft." The Phoca or Seal, the Dolphin and the Turtle. The seal, the dolphin, and the turtle we eat at sea1 if we chance to catch them. When we want to eat the dolphin and turtle we cut their throat. But we do not kill...