Note 458 — Chapter XVII · LYDIANS. — MEDES. — CIMMERIANS. — SCYTHIANS.
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Herod. iv, 17. We may illustrate this statement of Herodotus by an extract from Heber’s journal as cited in Dr. Clarke’s Travels, ch. xv, p. 337: “The Nagay Tartars begin to the west of Marinopol: they cultivate a good deal of corn, yet they dislike bread as an article of food.”