Note 020
Cadesia, says the Nubian geographer, (p. 121,)
is in margine solitudinis, 61 leagues from Bagdad, and two
stations from Cufa. Otter (Voyage, tom. i. p. 163) reckons
15 leagues, and observes, that the place is supplied with
dates and water.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 51