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Tables of Ancient Cains ,

^rcLhov by the ancient Greeks was called dv 7 \ag> from whencecame <h«.uAo£, 3 . space of two Stadia.

‘l7T7rifcoy scLi'iov is reckon’d 4 Stadia by Plutarch in the life ofSolon. And Hesychius faith, iWst©-' d'psfjiog tiTQy.sd.hog rig*i. e. a horse’s course of four Stadia.

MiAiov a Mile, was taken from the "Latin Mille. It contain’d8 Stadia. Suidas faith, rot fatcLfithiOL sdihcL 7 T. h. e. 10

Miles has 80 Stadia. Some reckon’d it more than %Stadia.

Jewisti Measures of Length &c.

"“T^ H E Jenvijh Measures of Length for the first period are somc-*■- what uncertain, and in a matter so obscure, one must followcommon opinions. The Cubit in the Tables formerly published isthat of Dr. Cumberland late Bishop of Peterborough , who himselffollows that of Rabbi Godoliah. This Rabbi , as the learnedDr. Hooper faith, is supposed to speak the mind of Maimonidesy oneof the most knowing and learned of their Writers.

Accordingly I have stated the measure of the Jennijh Cubit orAmmah to be 11,888 Inches Englijh • which is the length ofthe present Cairo Cubit. This depends on the proof of two Pro-positions j First, that the present Cubit of Ægypt is the fame withthe ancient. Secondly, that the Jewijh Cubit was the fame withthe ancient Ægyptian Cubit; the proofs of which, according toBishop Cumberlandy are as follow.

That the inhabitants of Ægypt have always made use of theseme Cubit, is inferr’d from the following reasons. First, That thereis no intimation in history of any such change of their measure.Secondly, that the Nilometrion or Column divided into ÆgyptianCubits to measure the increase of the height of the Nile , is suppo-sed by most Authors to have continued the seme, ever since Jo-seph's Regency. That a certain height of 1 6 Cubits (accordingto Herodotus and other writers) was necessary to produce the com-

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