but as this mountain forms the north of the isthmus, and extends like two arms towards the south, it would have been a grand obstacle to such an enterprise, especially in those times, when they had not the art of making sluices.
Ura ez da falta, ibai ugari jaisten baitira Kaukaso menditik, baina Kaukaso hori, istmoaren iparraldea eratzen baitu, eta beso modukoak hedatzen baititu hegoaldera, oztopo handia zatekeen, batez ere esklusak egiteko antzea ezagutzen ez zen garai hartan.