The Ten Books on Architecture, 8.2.7

Vitruvius  translated by Joseph Gwilt

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7That the source of the Nile is in Mauritania, is certain, because on the other side of the Mount Atlas are other springs whose course is towards the western ocean, in which are found the ichneumon, the crocodile, and other animals and fishes of a similar nature, the hippopotamus excepted.

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