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Philostorgius (end fourth century)
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Taken from: Ceylon: a general description of the island, historical, physical, statistical By Horatio
The African side of the Erythrean Sea is named Kamar, (from the moon)

The Nile rises in the N. of Asia; that flowing South, it dives under the Indian Ocean, and running beneath the Erythraean Sea, comes forth again at the other side, which is named Kamar.
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