Book 2
1.34
Eratosthenes himself also states, [continues Hipparchus,These two words, continues Hipparchus, are not in the text, but the argument is undoubtedly his.] that the form of India is rhomboidal; and since the whole eastern border of that country has a decided tendency towards the east, but more particularly the extremest cape,Cape Comorin. which lies more to the south than any other part of the coast, the side next the Indus must be the same.
