[Footnote36:Onehundredandelevenstadia，whichmaybetranslatedintomodernGreekmileseachofsevenstadia，or660，sometimesonly600Frenchtoises。SeeD\'Anville，MesuresItineraires，p。53。]
[Footnote37:Whentheancienttexts，whichdescribethesizeofBabylonandThebes，aresettled，theexaggerationsreduced，andthemeasuresascertained，wefindthatthosefamouscitiesfilledthegreatbutnotincrediblecircumferenceofabouttwenty—fiveorthirtymiles。CompareD\'Anville，Mem。del\'Academie，tom。
xxviii。p。235，withhisDescriptiondel\'Egypte，p。201，202。]
[Footnote38:IfwedivideConstantinopleandParisintoequalsquaresof50Frenchtoises，theformercontains850，andthelatter1160，ofthosedivisions。]
ChapterXVII:FoundationOfConstantinople。