MANDRUS MONS(τὸ Μάδρον, ἢ Μάνδρου ὄρος), one of the chief mountains of Libya, from whence flow all the streams from Salathus to Massa; the middle of the mountain has a position of 14° E. long. and 19° N. lat., assigned to it by Ptolemy (Ptol. 4.6.8). Afterwards (§ 14) he describes the river Nigeir as uniting, or yoking together (ἐπιζευγνύων), Mount Mandrus with Mount Thala. [NIGEIR] (Comp. London Geogr. Journ. vol. 2. p. 19; Donkin, Dissertation on the Niger, p. 81.) Ptolemy (§ 17) places the following tribes in the neighbourhood of this mountain: the RABII(Πάβιοι), the MALCOAE(Μαλκόαι), and the MANDORI(Μάνδοροι
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