Note 1 — TO A FRIEND
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NOTE 1, PAGE 2.
Saw The Wide Prospect, and the Asian Fen.
The name Europe (Ευρωπη, the wide prospect) probably describes the appearance of the European coast to the Greeks on the coast of Asia Minor opposite. The name Asia, again, comes, it has been thought, from the muddy fens of the rivers of Asia Minor, such as the Cayster or Mæander, which struck the imagination of the Greeks living near them.