Note 8 — II. STRABO, MELA, PLINY, PTOLEMY.

Mela’s “Scandinovia” is one of six islands which are described rather as parts of a great peninsula than as regular “insulæ.” Amongst their Sarmatian population are the Oænæ (egg-eaters), the Hippopodæ (horse-feet), and the Panoti (all-ears), whose existence is attested by credible travellers (Cf. p. 165, Geografia di Pomponio Mela, by Giovanni Francesco Muratori, Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1855).