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῾υπέρκειται δὲ τούτων Γεδρωσία, τῆς μὲν Ἰνδικῆς ἧττον ἔμπυρος τῆς δ᾽ ἄλλης Ἀσίας μᾶλλον, καὶ τοῖς καρποῖς καὶ τοῖς ὕδασιν ἐνδεὴς πλὴν θέρους, οὐ πολὺ ἀμείνων τῆς τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων: ἀρωματοφόρος δὲ νάρδου μάλιστα καὶ σμύρνης, ὥστε τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου στρατιὰν ὁδεύουσαν ἀντὶ ὀρόφου καὶ στρωμάτων τούτοις χρῆσθαι, εὐωδιαζομένην ἅμα καὶ ὑγιεινότερον τὸν ἀέρα ἔχουσαν παρὰ τοῦτο: γενέσθαι δ᾽ αὐτοῖς θέρους τὴν ἐκ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἄφοδον ἐπίτηδες συνέβη: τότε γὰρ ὄμβρους ἔχειν τὴν Γεδρωσίαν καὶ ποὺς ποταμοὺς πληροῦσθαι καὶ τὰ ὑδρεῖα, χειμῶνος [p. 1005] δ᾽ ἐπιλείπειν: πίπτειν δὲ τοὺς ὄμβρους ἐν τοῖς ἄνω μέρεσι τοῖς προσαρκτίοις καὶ ἐγγὺς τῶν ὀρῶν: πληρουμένων δὲ τῶν ποταμῶν καὶ τὰ πεδία τὰ πλησιάζοντα τῇ θαλάττῃ ποτίζεσθαι καὶ ὑδρείων εὐπορεῖν. προέπεμψε δ᾽ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον μεταλλευτὰς τῶν ὑδρείων βασιλεὺς καὶ τοὺς ναύσταθμα αὐτῷ καὶ τῷ στόλῳ κατασκευάσοντας.

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