the three stadia of Xenophon, are the ruins of a
wall, which can be traced amid a dense shrubbery, from the mountains
down to the sea-shore, where it terminates in a round tower."
_Ainsworth_, p. 59.]

[Footnote 41: "That is, within the two fortresses and beyond them, viz.
in Syria." _Kuehner_.]

[Footnote 42: [Greek: Eis zonen].] Nominally to furnish her with
girdles, or to supply ornaments for her girdle, it being the custom with
the Persian kings to bestow places on their queens and other favourites
ostensibly for the purpose of furnishing them with articles of dress,
food, or other conveniences. See Herod, ii. 98; Plato, Alcib. I. c. 40;
Cic. in Verr. iii. 23; Corn. Nepos, Life of Themistocles, c. 10.]

[Footnote 43: Reckoning the talent at L243 15_s._, the mina (60 = a
talent) will be L4 1_s._ 3_d._, and five minae L20 6_s._ 3_d._]

CHAPTER V.

The army proceeds through Arabia, having the Euphrates on the
right. They suffer from want of provisions, and many of the beasts
of burden perish; but supplies are procured from the opposite bank
of the Euphrates. A dispute occurs between Clearchus and Menon,
which is quelled by Cyrus.

1. Cyrus now advanced through Arabia, having the Euphrates on his right,
five days' march through the desert, a distance of thirty-five
parasangs. In this region the ground was entirely a plain, level as the
sea. It was covered with wormwood, and whatever other kinds of shrub or
reed grew on it, were all odoriferous as perfumes. But there were no
trees. 2. There were wild animals, however, of various kinds; the most
numerous were wild asses; there were also many ostriches, as well as
bustards and antelopes; and these animals the horsemen of the army
sometimes hunted. The wild asses, when any one pursued them, would start
forward a considerable distance, and then stand still; (for they ran
much more swiftly than the horse;) and again, when the horse approached,
they did the same; and it was impossible to catch them, unless the
horsemen, stationing themselves at intervals, kept up the pursuit with a
succession of horses. The flesh of those that were taken resembled
venison, but was more tender. 3. An ostrich no one succeeded in
catching; and those horsemen who hunted that bird, soon desisted from
the pursuit; for it far outstripped[44] them in its flight, using its
feet for running, and its wings, raising them like a sail.[45] The
bustards might be taken