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LAND OF HAVlLAH.
[chap. xii.
shores of the Black Sea, till they penetrated as far as the
banks of the Halys.
oMupants. uent 0f the tribes which subsequently occupied this extensive
tract, we find that the people about Ophis were called Macro-
cephali. 1 Next to these were the Sanni, 2 a savage people,
who occupied the territory between Trapezus and Colchis.
Westward of this people/were the Dril^; 3 and towards the
interior of the Macrones, the Macropogenes, and the Armeno
Chalybes. 4 Afterwards came the Mossynceci, or Moschi, who
are called in the Bible Meshech, 5 and are placed eastward of
the Tibareni (the posterity of Tubal) ; 6 these lived, according
to Strabo, above Tarabuzun, 7 and their country was named
Thianetica. 8 Adjoining the Mossynoeci and Tibareni, we
find a branch of the Chalybes, 9 a people who appear to have
had colonies extending all the way from the source of the
Euphrates to the western side of the Halys, and eastward as
far as the shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , where they became dis
tinguished for their knowledge of astronomy, their skill in
weaving linen, working in steel and gold, and in the practice
of other useful arts.
'haivata. Calmet says, on the authority of Haiton, that there are in
Armenia, in the territory of the Colchians, the cities of
Chalva and Chalvata, also the region or land of Chalvata; and
there exists at the present day the town or village called
Haivah, 10 situated on the slope of Aji Tagh, westward of
t e Euphrates, towards the Halys, where, moreover, gold is
found.
1 Peripl. Pontus, p, 13.
2 Vulgarly called Isanos.—Dionys. Hal., V., 766.
3 Xen. Anab., lib. V.
f 4 VI :' xi - 5 and Xen. Anab., lib. IV. and V. Thev came
from the distant Alybe, where there are silver mines.—Iliad II 857
• Genesis x. 2 j Ezekiel xxvii. 13. . Genesis x, 2.
7 Strabo, lib. XII. p. 548.
8 The later name of the country lying between Pontus and Ophis.—
Description of the Shores of the Euxine, Dodwell, p 10
9 Xen. Anab., lib. V.
10 Between Malatiyah and Slvas.—Map of Mr. Brant's Journey, Vol. VI.,
Part II., of the Royal Geographical Journal.