After these mutual assurances, the Macrones immediately assisted them in cutting away the trees and made a passage for them as if to bring them over, mingling freely among the Greeks; they also gave such facilities as they could for buying provisions, and conducted them through their country for three days, until they brought them to the confines of the Colchians.

Here was a range of hills, high, but accessible, and upon them the Colchians were drawn up in array.

From hence they proceeded two days' march, seven parasangs, and arrived at Trebizond, a Greek city, of large population, on the Euxine Sea; a colony of Sinope, but lying in the territory of the Colchians.

Here they stayed about thirty days, encamping in the villages of the Colchians, whence they made excursions and plundered the country of Colchis.

They negotiated with them also on behalf of the neighboring Colchians, those especially who dwelt in the plain, and from them too were brought presents of oxen.

The reading of the 4tos. is the, "The most condemned," &c. A tribe named the "Moschi" (of whom mention is made in Herodotus) dwelt a little to the south of the Colchians.

The Colchians had revolted, and Mithridates suspected his son of fostering the revolt in order to be set over them.

Tree-burial was not uncommon among the nations of antiquity, for the Colchians enveloped their dead in sacks of skin and hung them to trees; the ancient Tartars and Scythians did the same.

[List of Illustrations] 1.Quiogozon or dead house [Quiogozeon] two small arroyas [spelling "arroya" consistent throughout the quoted passage] chanting the following chorous: [spelling in quoted passage unchanged] the Colchians enveloped their dead

Presently after this, truth spread further among the Saracens, and in 522, Zathus, king of the Colchians encouraged it, and many of that nation were converted to Christianity.

He advanced as planned, traversing the territory of the Colchians and their neighbors, using persuasion in some quarters and inspiring fear in others.

Long since, my love for thee was dead; But in these babes I seemed to see Again my homeland, thy dear sire, Thy murdered brother, all the line Of princely Colchians,ay, thyself, As once thou wert,and art no more!