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Next west of these Auschisae is the populous country of the Nasamones, who in summer leave their flocks by the sea and go up to the land called +Awjilah [21.2,29.15] (inhabited place), Banghazi, Libya, Africa Augila to gather dates from the palm-trees that grow there in great abundance and all bear fruit. They hunt locusts, which they dry in the sun, and after grinding sprinkle them into milk and drink it.
Next west of these Auschisae is the populous country of the Nasamones, who in summer leave their flocks by the sea and go up to the land called +Awjilah [21.2,29.15] (inhabited place), Banghazi, Libya, Africa Augila to gather dates from the palm-trees that grow there in great abundance and all bear fruit. They hunt locusts, which they dry in the sun, and after grinding sprinkle them into milk and drink it.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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