BAUTES
BAUTES,
BAUTIS, or BAUTISUS (
Βαύτης, Βαύτισος:
Hoang-ho or
Yellow River), one of the two chief rivers of
SERICA rising, according to Ptolemy, from three sources, one in the Casii M., another in the Ottocorras MX, and a third in the Emodi M.; and flowing into the country of the Sinae. (
Ptol. 6.16.3;
Amm. Marc. 23.6.)
The three sources of Ptolemy have not been identified with any certainty.
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