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διὰ δέκα ἡμερέων. H.'s measurements are again too small; it is twenty days' journey from Audschila to Fezzan. On the other hand, the distance to the Lotophagi on the north coast (thirty days) is accurate; the reason is that in H.'s day, as now, Fezzan was a wellknown place of trade, the starting-point for the caravans across the Sahara.

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