Note 014 Thevenot (Voyages au Levant, part i. l. i. c. 14) contracts the measure to 125 small Greek miles. Belon (Observations, l. ii. c. 1 ) gives a good description of the Propontis, but contents himself with the vague expression of one day and one night's sail. When Sandys (Travels. p. 21) talks of 150 furlongs in length as well as breadth, we can only suppose some mistake of the press in the text of that judicious traveller.

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Note to Chapter 17 of Decline and Fall by Gibbon