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On sailing into the interior sea, from Lynx, there are Zelis938 a city and Tingis,939 then the monuments of the Seven Brothers,940 and the mountain lying below, of the name of Abyle,941 abounding with wild animals and trees of a great size. They say, that the length of the strait at the pillars is 120 stadia, and the least breadth at Elephas942 60 stadia. On sailing further along the coast, we find cities and many rivers, as far as the river Molochath,943 which is the boundary between the territories of the Mauretanians and of the Masæsyli. Near the river is a large promontory, and Metagonium,944 a place without water and barren. The mountain extends along the coast, from the Coteis nearly to this place. Its length from the Coteis to the borders of the Masæsylii945 is 5000 stadia. Metagonium is nearly opposite to New Carthage.946 Timosthenes is mistaken in saying that it is opposite to Massalia.947 The passage across from New Carthage to Metagonium is 3000 stadia, but the voyage along the coast to Massalia is above 6000 stadia.