Note 1 — CHAP. III
Reading edition
: [Greek: "Kateskeuasmenas de amphoterôthen enkoiliôn mêtrôn chôris."]—Lib xv. c. i. s. 14. Pliny, who makes the same statement, says the Singhalese adopted this model to avoid the necessity of tacking in the narrow and shallow channels, between Ceylon and the mainland of India (lib. vi. c. 24).