Chapter 48

Sea.

_Arsaces_, a king of Persia (perhaps Artaxerxes II, 379 B.C.) from whom the Parthian kings traced their descent. Here _Arsacidae_ = Parthians.

_Ityraea_, a district under Mount Hermon to the north of Bashan.

_Ganges._ The quotation is from Statius, Silvae, ii. 4. 25.

_wash gold._ Lat. _colare_ = to strain, sift.