§16.4.10ἔτι δʼ ὑπὲρ τούτων ὡς πρὸς μεσημβρίαν οἱ κυναμολγοί, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν ἐντοπίων ἄγριοι καλούμενοι, κατάκομοι, καταπώγωνες, κύνας ἐκτρέφοντες εὐμεγέθεις, οἷς θηρεύουσι τοὺς ἐπερχομένους ἐκ τῆς πλησιοχώρου βόας Ἰνδικούς, εἴθʼ ὑπὸ θηρίων ἐξελαυνομένους εἴτε σπάνει νομῆς· ἡ δʼ ἔφοδος αὐτῶν ἀπὸ θερινῶν τροπῶν μέχρι μέσου χειμῶνος.
\nAnd still above these, towards the south, are the Cynamolgi, called wild men by the natives, long-haired, long-bearded, breeding huge dogs, with which they hunt the Indian oxen that come from the neighboring country, being driven out either by wild beasts or by scarcity of pasture; and their invasion is from the summer solstice to the middle of winter.
τῷ δʼ Ἀντιφίλου λιμένι ἑξῆς ἔστι λιμὴν καλούμενος κολοβῶν ἄλσος καὶ Βερενίκη πόλις ἡ κατὰ Σαβὰς καὶ Σαβαί, πόλις εὐμεγέθης, εἶτα τὸ τοῦ Εὐμένους ἄλσος.
Next to the Harbor of Antiphilus is a harbor called the Grove of the Colobi, and the city Berenice near Sabae, and Sabae, a very large city; then the Grove of Eumenes.
ὑπέρκειται δὲ πόλις Δάραδα καὶ κυνήγιον ἐλεφάντων τὸ πρὸς τῷ φρέατι καλούμενον·
And above lies the city Darada and an elephant-hunting ground called 'that near the Well'.
κατοικοῦσι δʼ ἐλεφαντοφάγοι, τὴν θήραν ποιούμενοι τοιαύτην· ἀπὸ τῶν δένδρων ἰδόντες ἀγέλην διὰ τοῦ δρυμοῦ φερομένην τῇ μὲν οὐκ ἐπιτίθενται, τοὺς δʼ ἀποπλανηθέντας ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν λάθρᾳ προσιόντες νευροκοποῦσι·
And there dwell the Elephantophagists, who carry on their hunting in the following manner: when they see a herd from the trees passing through the forest, they do not attack the herd itself, but stealthily approaching from behind those that stray, they hamstring them.
τινὲς δὲ καὶ τοξεύμασιν ἀναιροῦσιν αὐτοὺς χολῇ βεβαμμένοις ὄφεων· ἡ δὲ τοξεία διὰ τριῶν ἀνδρῶν συντελεῖται, τῶν μὲν κατεχόντων τὸ τόξον καὶ προβεβηκότων τοῖς ποσί, τοῦ δʼ ἕλκοντος τὴν νευράν·
And some also kill them with arrows dipped in the gall of serpents; the archery is performed by three men, two holding the bow and planting their feet firmly, and the other pulling the string.
ἄλλοι δὲ σημειωσάμενοι τὰ δένδρα οἷς εἰώθασι προσαναπαύεσθαι, προσιόντες ἐκ θατέρου μέρους τὸ στέλεχος ὑποκόπτουσιν· ἐπὰν οὖν προσιὸν τὸ θηρίον ἀποκλίνῃ πρὸς αὐτό, πεσόντος τοῦ δένδρου πίπτει καὶ αὐτό, ἀναστῆναι δὲ μὴ δυναμένου διὰ τὸ τὰ σκέλη διηνεκὲς ὀστοῦν ἔχειν καὶ ἀκαμπές, καταπηδήσαντες ἀπὸ τῶν δένδρων ἀνατέμνουσιν αὐτό·
Others, having marked the trees against which the elephants are accustomed to lean for rest, approach from the other side and cut the trunk slightly underneath; when, therefore, the beast approaches and leans against it, as the tree falls, the beast also falls; and since it cannot rise because its legs have a continuous and inflexible bone, they leap down from the trees and cut it to pieces.
τοὺς δὲ κυνηγοὺς οἱ νομάδες ἀκαθάρτους καλοῦσιν. §16.4.11̔υπέρκειται δὲ τούτων ἔθνος οὐ μέγα στρουθοφάγων, παρʼ οἷς ὄρνεις εἰσὶ μέγεθος ἐλάφων ἔχοντες, πέτασθαι μὲν οὐ δυνάμενοι, θέοντες δὲ ὀξέως καθάπερ οἱ στρουθοκάμηλοι·
And the nomads call these hunters unclean.\n\nAnd above these lies a small tribe of Struthophagists, among whom are birds of the size of deer, unable to fly, but running swiftly like ostriches.
θηρεύουσι δʼ αὐτοὺς οἱ μὲν τόξοις, οἱ δὲ ταῖς δοραῖς τῶν στρουθῶν σκεπασθέντες τὴν μὲν δεξιὰν καλύπτουσι τῷ τραχηλιμαίῳ μέρει καὶ κινοῦσιν οὕτως ὥσπερ τὰ ζῷα κινεῖται τοῖς τραχήλοις, τῇ δὲ ἀριστερᾷ σπέρμα προχέουσιν ἀπὸ πήρας παρηρτημένης, καὶ τούτῳ δελεάσαντες τὰ ζῷα εἰς φάραγγας συνωθοῦσιν· ἐνταῦθα δʼ ἐφεστῶτες ξυλοκόποι κατακόπτουσι·
Some hunt them with bows, while others, covered with the skins of ostriches, conceal their right hand in the neck part and move it just as the animals move their necks, while with the left hand they scatter seed from a pouch suspended at their side, and having enticed the animals with this, they drive them into ravines; and there men standing with clubs beat them down.
καὶ ἀμπέχονται δὲ καὶ ὑποστόρνυνται τὰ δέρματα ταῦτα·
And they also clothe themselves with these skins and use them as bedding.
πολεμοῦσι δὲ τούτοις οἱ σιμοὶ καλούμενοι Αἰθίοπες, κέρασιν ὀρύγων ὅπλοις χρώμενοι. §16.4.12πλησιόχωροι δὲ τούτοις εἰσὶ μελανώτεροί τε τῶν ἄλλων καὶ βραχύτεροι καὶ βραχυβιώτατοι ἀκριδοφάγοι· τὰ γὰρ τετταράκοντα ἔτη σπανίως ὑπερτιθέασιν, ἀποθηριουμένης αὐτῶν τῆς σαρκός·
And the so-called flat-nosed Ethiopians make war upon them, using the horns of oryxes as weapons.\n\nAnd neighboring these are the Acridophagists, who are blacker than the others, shorter, and shortest-lived; for they rarely exceed forty years, because their flesh becomes infested with wild parasites.
ζῶσι δʼ ἀπὸ ἀκρίδων, ἃς οἱ ἐαρινοὶ λίβες καὶ ζέφυροι πνέοντες μεγάλοι συνελαύνουσιν εἰς τοὺς τόπους τούτους·
And they live on locusts, which the spring south-west and west winds, blowing strongly, drive into these places.
ἐν ταῖς χαράδραις δὲ ἐμβαλόντες ὕλην καπνώδη καὶ ὑφάψαντες μικρὸν ὑπερπετάμεναι γὰρ τὸν καπνὸν σκοτοῦνται καὶ πίπτουσι· συγκόψαντες δʼ αὐτὰς μεθʼ ἁλμυρίδος μάζας ποιοῦνται καὶ χρῶνται.
And by throwing smoky wood into the ravines and setting light to it slightly—for as they fly over, they are blinded by the smoke and fall down—they pound them with salt and make them into cakes, and use them for food.
τούτων δʼ ἔρημος ὑπέρκειται μεγάλη, νομὰς δαψιλεῖς ἔχουσα, ἐκλειφθεῖσα δʼ ὑπὸ πλήθους σκορπίων καὶ φαλαγγίων τῶν τετραγνάθων καλουμένων, ἐπιπολάσαντός ποτε καὶ ἀπεργασαμένου τοῖς ἀνθρώποις φυγὴν παντελῆ. §16.4.13μετὰ δὲ Εὐμένους λιμένα μέχρι Δειρῆς καὶ τῶν κατὰ τὰς ἓξ νήσους στενῶν ἰχθυοφάγοι καὶ κρεοφάγοι κατοικοῦσι καὶ κολοβοὶ μέχρι τῆς μεσογαίας.
Above these lies a great desert, which has abundant pastures, but was abandoned because of a multitude of scorpions and the so-called four-jawed phalangia, which once infested it and caused the complete flight of the people.\n\nAnd after the Harbor of Eumenes as far as Deire and the straits near the six islands, there dwell Ichthyophagists, Creophagists, and Colobi as far as the interior.
εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ θῆραι πλείους ἐλεφάντων καὶ πόλεις ἄσημοι καὶ νησία πρὸ τῆς παραλίας·
And there are also several elephant-hunting grounds, obscure cities, and small islands off the coast.
νομάδες δʼ οἱ πλείους, ὀλίγοι δʼ οἱ γεωργοῦντες· παρά τισι δὲ τούτων φύεται στύραξ οὐκ ὀλίγος.
Most of them are nomads, and few practice agriculture; and among some of these there grows no small amount of storax.
συνάγουσι δὲ ταῖς ἀμπώτεσιν οἱ ἰχθυοφάγοι τοὺς ἰχθῦς· ἐπιρρίψαντες δὲ ταῖς πέτραις κατοπτῶσι πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, εἶτʼ ἐξοπτήσαντες τὰς ἀκάνθας μὲν σωρεύουσι, τὴν δὲ σάρκα πατήσαντες μάζας ποιοῦνται, πάλιν δὲ ταύτας ἡλιάζοντες σιτοῦνται·
The Ichthyophagists gather the fish at the ebb-tides; and having thrown them upon the rocks, they bake them in the sun, and then, when they are thoroughly baked, they pile up the bones, and having trodden the flesh, they make it into cakes, and drying these again in the sun, they eat them.
χειμῶνος δʼ ἀδυνατήσαντες συνάγειν τοὺς ἰχθῦς τὰς σεσωρευμένας ἀκάνθας κόψαντες μάζας ἀναπλάττονται καὶ χρῶνται, τὰς δὲ νεαρὰς ἐκμυζῶσιν·
In winter, when they are unable to gather fish, they pound the piled-up bones, mold them into cakes, and use them, and they suck the fresh bones.
ἔνιοι δὲ τὰς κόγχας ἐχούσας τὴν σάρκα σιτεύουσι, καταβάλλοντες εἰς χαράδρια καὶ συστάδας θαλάττης, εἶτʼ ἰχθύδια παραρριπτοῦντες τροφὴν αὐταῖς χρῶνται ἐν τῇ τῶν ἰχθύων σπάνει·
Some feed shell-fish that have flesh, throwing them into ravines and pools of the sea, and then, by throwing small fish to them as food, they use them when fish are scarce.
ἔστι δʼ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἰχθυοτροφεῖα παντοῖα, ἀφʼ ὧν ταμιεύονται.
They also have all kinds of fish-ponds, from which they ration their food.
ἔνιοι δὲ τῶν τὴν ἄνυδρον παραλίαν οἰκούντων διὰ πέντε ἡμερῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ὑδρεῖα ἀναβαίνουσι πανοίκιοι μετὰ παιανισμοῦ, ῥιφέντες δὲ πρηνεῖς πίνουσι βοῶν δίκην ἕως ἐκτυμπανώσεως τῆς γαστρός, εἶτʼ ἀπίασιν ἐπὶ θάλατταν πάλιν·
And some of those who inhabit the waterless coast go up every five days to the watering-places, with their whole families, singing paeans; and having thrown themselves prostrate, they drink like oxen until their bellies are distended like drums, and then they depart to the sea again.
οἰκοῦσι δʼ ἐν σπηλαίοις ἢ μάνδραις στεγασταῖς ἀπὸ δοκῶν μὲν καὶ στρωτήρων τῶν κητείων ὀστέων καὶ ἀκανθῶν, φυλλάδος δʼ ἐλαΐνης.
And they live in caves or in pens roofed with beams and rafters made of whale-bones and backbones, and with olive foliage.