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ἁλὸς μέταλλον. H. knows the coast extends beyond the Straits of Gibraltar. His symmetry has such a hold of him that he projects his scheme of decimally recurring oases far beyond his real knowledge, over the whole sand ridge to the Atlantic.

Others, e. g. Bähr, think the words ἔστι δὲ . . . οἰκέοντες refer to one more oasis ten days west of the Atlantes; the singular, μέταλλον, favours this view, but it is less probable as a whole. In either case, the ἁλὸς μέταλλον here = the ἁλὸς κολωνός (sup.).

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