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οὐκ οὗτος. The predicate, ‘the usual course,’ is implied. H. first states this for the part above Naucratis, and then, in the words ἐς Ναύκρατιν ἀπὸ θαλάσσης, makes the same statement for the part below Naucratis, repeating διὰ πεδίου. For Cercasoros and Canopus cf. 15. 1 nn. The sites of Anthylla and Archandropolis are uncertain.

From this chapter Sayce infers (J. of P. xiv, p. 260 seq.) that H. was in Egypt at the time of the inundation, which is right; he even fixes the date of his arrival at Naucratis (about July 20)! But he also infers that H. was in Egypt only during the inundation, which is a good instance of an argument with an undistributed middle.

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