while the kings of Syria, who were possessed of the more eastern provinces, and consequently of the Indies, maintained that commerce of which we have taken notice in the sixth chapter, which was carried on partly by land, and partly by rivers, and had been further facilitated by means of the Macedonian colonies;
kapituluan hizpide izan dugun merkataritzari, lehorretik eta ibaietatik egiten zenari alegia, eta errazbide berriz egiten zen kolonia mazedoniarrak ezarri zirenez geroztik;