[14] They leave on the left a deep gulf, at the bottom of which Nicomedia was seated, the Imperial residence of Diocletian; and they pass the small islands of Cyzicus and Proconnesus before they cast anchor at Gallipoli; where the sea, which separates Asia from Europe, is again contracted into a narrow channel.
[Footnote 14: Thevenot (Voyages au Levant, part i.l.i.c.

14) contracts the measure to 125 small Greek miles.

Belon (Observations, l.ii.c.

1.) gives a good description of the Propontis, but contents himself with the vague expression of one day and one night's sail.

When Sandy's (Travels, p.