Rennell., Geog.

of Herod.] That monarch was indeed fitted for great designs.

The Mediterranean and the Red Sea already received his fleets, and he had attempted to unite them by a canal which would have rendered Africa an island.

[Herod., ii., 158, 159.
Heeren., Phoenicians, c.iii.

See also Diodorus.] [15] The general habits of a people can in no age preclude exceptions in individuals.