[Footnote52:TheKhan—Moutom。iii。p。447ascribestotheirconquestsaspaceof14，000lis。Accordingtothepresentstandard，200lisormoreaccurately193areequaltoonedegreeoflatitude；andoneEnglishmileconsequentlyexceedsthreemilesofChina。Buttherearestrongreasonstobelievethattheancientliscarcelyequalledonehalfofthemodern。

　　SeetheelaborateresearchesofM。D\'Anville，ageographerwhoisnotastrangerinanyageorclimateoftheglobe。Memoiresdel\'Acad。tom。ii。p。125—502。Itineraires，p。154—167。]

　　[Footnote53:SeeHistoiredesHuns，tom。ii。p。125—144。Thesubsequenthistoryp。145—277ofthreeorfourHunnicdynastiesevidentlyprovesthattheirmartialspiritwasnotimpairedbyalongresidenceinChina。]

　　[Footnote*:CompareM。Klaproth\'scuriousspeculationsontheAlani。Hesupposesthemtohavebeenthepeople，knownbytheChinese，atthetimeoftheirfirstexpeditionstotheWest，underthenameofYath—saiorA—lanna，theAlananofPersiantradition，aspreservedinFerdusi；thesame，accordingtoAmmianus，withtheMassagetae，andwiththeAlbani。TheremainsofthenationstillexistintheOssetaeofMountCaucasus。

　　Klaproth，TableauxHistoriquesdel\'Asie，p。174。—M。CompareShafarikSlawischealterthumer，i。p。350。—M。1845。]

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