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ἀπέσχισται. Bunbury (i. 212) denies the possibility of the Gerrhus thus leaving the Dnieper forty days' journey from its mouth (cf. 53. 4) and taking an independent course; but there is a sort of parallel in the Cassiquiare in South America, which has a continuous course from the Orinoco to the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon (V. de St. Martin, Dict. de Géog.). It is impossible, however, to fit the Gerrhus into South Russia. Stein ingeniously suggests that its name meant ‘boundary’ (cf. 71. 3), and that it represents the frontier line of the Royal Scyths, which is supposed to be one continuous river.

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