The name of city, Medina, was appropriated,
to Yatreb. (the Iatrippa of the Greeks,) the seat of the
prophet. The distances from Medina are reckoned by Abulfeda
in stations, or days' journey of a caravan, (p. 15: ) to
Bahrein, xv.; to Bassora, xviii.; to Cufah, xx.; to Damascus
or Palestine, xx.; to Cairo, xxv.; to Mecca. x.; from Mecca
to Saana, (p. 52,) or Aden, xxx.; to Cairo, xxxi. days, or
412 hours, (Shaw's Travels, p. 477;) which, according to the
estimate of D'Anville, (Mesures Itineraires, p. 99,) allows
about twenty-five English miles for a day's journey. From
the land of frankincense (Hadramaut, in Yemen, between Aden
and Cape Fartasch) to Gaza in Syria, Pliny (Hist. Nat. xii.
32) computes lxv. mansions of camels. These measures may
assist fancy and elucidate facts.