Note 199 — Chapter IV
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Humboldt, in confirmation of this statement, quotes the case of a counterpart for the horse’s head belonging to the Gades-ship, referred to by Eudoxus, as having occurred in the remains of a ship of the Red Sea, which was brought to Crete by westerly currents, according to the account of the trustworthy Arabian historian Masudi.—Humboldt’s “Cosmos,” vol. ii. p. 389.