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After the island2712 situated opposite the mouth of the Dnieper, in sailing towards the east, we arrive at the cape of the Course of Achilles.2713 The district is quite bare, notwithstanding that it is termed a wood. It is sacred to Achilles. Then we arrive at the Course of Achilles, a low peninsula; for it is a certain tongue of land about a thousand stadia in length, running out towards the east, and its width is but two stadia2714 in the broadest part, and but four plethra2715 in the narrowest. It is distant from the mainland, which runs out on both sides of the neck, about 60 stadia. It is sandy, but water is obtainable by digging. About the midst of the Course of Achilles2716 is the neck of the isthmus [joining it to the mainland]. It is about 40 stadia in breadth, and terminates in a headland which they call Tamyraca.2717 This possesses an anchorage opposite the mainland. Next comes the Gulf Carcinites, which is of considerable extent, reaching towards the north2718 about 1000 stadia. Some affirm that it is three times that distance to the head of the gulf ... are called Taphrii. They likewise call the Gulf Carcinites the Gulf Tamyraca, the same as the headland.