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The τοῦτό μεν here corresponds to πρὸς δ᾽ αὖ μεσαμβ. (107. 1).

μέζω. This statement is partly an inference from § 1, partly a case of ‘omne ignotum’, &c. As a matter of fact the African elephants and lions are larger than the Indian varieties.

For the Nisaean horses cf. vii. 40. 2 n.

χρυσός. India is really poor in gold. H.'s statement is partly based on the (exaggerated) mineral wealth of North-west India, partly on a mistaken inference from the dress of the natives (Lassen, i. 238). Our own ancestors similarly exaggerated the wealth of India.

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