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Ostrovouniprach, which is interpreted "the island of the barrage". This one is also like the first, difficult and hard to get through. And again, putting the people out, they get the monoxyla across, as before. Likewise they pass also the third barrage, called Gelandri, which is interpreted in Slavonic as "echo of the barrage", and then so the fourth barrage, the great one, called in Rhosisti Aeifor, but in Sklavenisti Neasit, because the pelicans nest in the stones of the barrage. At this barrage, then, they bring all the boats to land, bows foremost, and the appointed men go out to keep watch with them, and they depart, and these keep a sleepless watch for the Patzinakitai. The rest, taking up the goods which they have in the monoxyla, convey their slaves in chains over the land for six miles, until they have passed the barrage. Then so, some dragging, and others carrying on their shoulders their monoxyla, they convey them to the far side of the barrage; and so, casting them into the river and loading their baggage, they embark, and sail away again. And coming to the fifth barrage, surnamed in Rhosisti Varouforos, but in Sklavenisti Voulneprach, because it forms a great lake, again having conveyed their monoxyla to the bends of the river, as also at the first barrage and the second, they reach the sixth barrage, called in Rhosisti Leanti, but in Sklavenisti Veroutze, which is "boiling of water", and they cross this one also in like manner. And from this they sail away also towards the seventh barrage, called in Rhosisti Stroukoun, but in Sklavenisti Napreze, which is interpreted "little barrage". And they pass into the so-called ford of Krarios, at which the Chersonites and the Patzinakitai cross from Rhosia towards Cherson, this same ford having a width like that of a hippodrome, and a height from the bottom up to where the reefs appear, as far as an arrow-shot of one shooting from this side to that. Wherefore, the Patzinakitai also come down to this place and fight the Rhos. After passing this place, they reach the island called Saint Gregorios, on which island they also perform their sacrifices because a very great oak stands there, and they sacrifice living cocks. They also plant arrows round about, and others bread and meat, and what each has, as their custom prevails. They also cast lots concerning the cocks, whether to slaughter them, or to eat them, or to let them live. And from this island the Rhos do not fear the Patzinakitai, until they reach the river Selinas. Then so, setting out from there, they sail for up to four days, until they reach the lake which is the mouth of the river, in which is also the island of Saint Aitherios. Having reached this island, therefore, they rest themselves there for up to two or three days. And again they equip their monoxyla with whatever they need, both the sails and the masts and the rudders, which they carry with them. Since the mouth of this river is this lake, as has been said, and it holds as far as the sea, and toward the sea lies the island of Saint Aitherios, from there they go to the river Danastris, and having arrived safely there they rest again. And when the weather becomes favorable, having put off, they come to the river called Aspros, and likewise having rested there, setting out again they come to the Selinas, to the so-called branch of the river Danube. And until they pass the river Selinas, the Patzinakitai run alongside them. And if often the sea casts a monoxylon upon the land, they all put to shore, in order to array themselves together against the Patzinakitai. And from the Selinas they fear no one, but having entered the land of Bulgaria, into the of the

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Ὀστροβουνιπράχ, ὅπερ ἑρμηνεύεται "τὸ νησίον τοῦ φραγμοῦ". Ἔστιν κἀκεῖνος ὅμοιος τῷ πρώτῳ, χαλεπός τε καὶ δυσδιέξοδος. Καὶ πάλιν ἐκβαλόντες τὸν λαὸν διαβιβάζουσι τὰ μονόξυλα, καθὼς καὶ πρότερον. Ὁμοίως δὲ διέρχονται καὶ τὸν τρίτον φραγμόν, τὸν λεγόμενον Γελανδρί, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται Σκλαβηνιστὶ "ἦχος φραγμοῦ", εἶθ' οὕτως τὸν τέταρτον φραγμόν, τὸν μέγαν, τὸν ἐπιλεγόμενον Ῥωσιστὶ μὲν Ἀειφόρ, Σκλαβηνιστὶ δὲ Νεασήτ, διότι φωλεύουσιν οἱ πελεκᾶνοι εἰς τὰ λιθάρια τοῦ φραγμοῦ. Ἐν τούτῳ οὖν τῷ φραγμῷ σκαλώνουσιν ἅπαντα εἰς τὴν γῆν ὀρθόπλωρα, καὶ ἐξέρχονται οἱ ὡρι σμένοι ἄνδρες φυλάττειν τὴν βίγλαν μετ' αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀπέρχονται, καὶ τὰς βίγλας οὗτοι διὰ τοὺς Πατζινακίτας ἀγρύπνως φυλάττουσιν. Οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ τὰ πράγματα, ἅπερ ἔχουσιν εἰς τὰ μονόξυλα, ἀναλαμβανόμενοι, τὰ ψυχάρια μετὰ τῶν ἁλύσεων διὰ τοῦ ξηροῦ αὐτὰ διαβιβάζουσι μίλια ἕξ, ἕως ἂν διέλθωσι τὸν φραγμόν. Εἶθ' οὕτως οἱ μὲν σύροντες, οἱ δὲ καὶ εἰς τοὺς ὤμους βαστάζοντες τὰ αὐτῶν μονόξυλα εἰς τὸ τοῦ φραγμοῦ ἐκεῖθεν μέρος διαβιβάζουσιν· καὶ οὕτως ῥίπτοντες αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ τὰ πετζιμέντα αὐτῶν ἐμβλησκόμενοι, εἰσέρχονται, καὶ αὖθις ἐναποπλέουσιν. Ἀπερχόμενοι δὲ εἰς τὸν πέμπτον φραγμόν, τὸν ἐπονομαζόμενον Ῥωσιστὶ μὲν Βαρουφόρος, Σκλαβηνιστὶ δὲ Βουλνηπράχ, διότι μεγάλην λίμνην ἀποτελεῖ, πάλιν εἰς τὰς τοῦ ποταμοῦ γωνίας τὰ αὐτῶν μονόξυλα διαβιβάσαντες, καθὼς καὶ εἰς τὸν πρῶτον φραγμὸν καὶ δεύτερον, καταλαμβάνουσι τὸν ἕκτον φραγμόν, λεγόμενον μὲν Ῥωσιστὶ Λεάντι, Σκλαβηνιστὶ δὲ Βερούτζη, ὅ ἐστιν "βράσμα νεροῦ", καὶ διαβαίνουσι καὶ αὐτὸν ὁμοίως. Καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου ἀποπλέουσι καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἕβδομον φραγμόν, τὸν ἐπιλεγόμενον Ῥωσιστὶ μὲν Στρούκουν, Σκλαβηνιστὶ δὲ Ναπρεζή, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται "μικρὸς φραγμός". Καὶ διαβαίνουσιν εἰς τὸ λεγόμενον πέραμα τοῦ Κραρίου, ἐν ᾧ διαπερῶσιν ἀπὸ Ῥωσίας οἱ Χερσωνῖται καὶ οἱ Πατζινακῖται ἐπὶ Χερσῶνα, ἔχον τὸ αὐτὸ πέραμα τὸ μὲν πλάτος, ὅσον τοῦ ἱπποδρομίου, τὸ δὲ ὕψος ἀπὸ κάτω ἕως ὅτου προκύπτουσιν ὕφαλοι, ὅσον καὶ φθάζειν σαγίτταν τοῦ τοξεύοντος ἔνθεν ἐκεῖσε. Ὅθεν καὶ εἰς τὸν τοιοῦτον τόπον κατέρχονται οἱ Πατζινακῖται, καὶ πολεμοῦσι τοὺς Ῥῶς. Μετὰ δὲ τὸ διελθεῖν τὸν τοιοῦτον τόπον τὴν νῆσον, τὴν ἐπιλεγομένην ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος καταλαμβάνουσιν, ἐν ᾗ νήσῳ καὶ τὰς θυσίας αὐτῶν ἐπιτελοῦσιν διὰ τὸ ἐκεῖσε ἵστασθαι παμμεγέθη δρῦν, καὶ θύουσι πετεινοὺς ζῶντας. Πηγνύουσι δὲ καὶ σαγίττας γυρόθεν, ἄλλοι δὲ καὶ ψωμία καὶ κρέατα, καὶ ἐξ ὧν ἔχει ἕκαστος, ὡς τὸ ἔθος αὐτῶν ἐπικρατεῖ. Ῥίπτουσι δὲ καὶ σκαρφία περὶ τῶν πετεινῶν, εἴτε σφάξαι αὐτούς, εἴτε καὶ φαγεῖν, εἴτε καὶ ζῶντας ἐάσειν αὐτούς. Ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ νησίου τούτου Πατζινακίτην οἱ Ῥῶς οὐ φοβοῦνται, ἕως ἂν φθάσωσιν εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν Σελινάν. Εἶθ' οὕτως ἀποκινοῦντες ἐξ αὐτοῦ μέχρι τεσσάρων ἡμερῶν ἀποπλέουσιν, ἕως οὗ καταλάβωσιν εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ ποταμοῦ στόμιον οὖσαν, ἐν ᾗ ἐστιν καὶ ἡ νῆσος τοῦ Ἁγίου Αἰθερίου. Καταλαβόντες οὖν οὗτοι τὴν τοιαύτην νῆσον, προσαναπαύουσιν ἑαυτοὺς ἐκεῖσε ἕως δύο καὶ τριῶν ἡμερῶν. Καὶ πάλιν τὰ αὐτῶν μονόξυλα, εἰς ὅσας ἂν λίπωνται χρείας, περιποιοῦνται, τά τε ἄρμενα καὶ τὰ κατάρτια καὶ τὰ αὐχένια, ἅπερ ἐπιφέρονται. Ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸ στόμιον τοῦ τοιούτου ποταμοῦ ἐστιν ἡ τοιαύτη λίμνη, καθὼς εἴρηται, καὶ κρατεῖ μέχρι τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν κεῖται ἡ νῆσος τοῦ Ἁγίου Αἰθερίου, ἐκ τῶν ἐκεῖσε ἀπέρχονται πρὸς τὸν ∆άναστριν ποταμόν, καὶ διασωθέντες ἐκεῖσε πάλιν ἀναπαύονται. Ἡνίκα δὲ γένηται καιρὸς ἐπιτήδειος, ἀποσκαλώσαντες ἔρχονται εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν ἐπιλεγόμενον Ἄσπρον, καὶ ὁμοίως κἀκεῖσε ἀναπαυσάμενοι, πάλιν ἀποκινοῦντες ἔρχονται εἰς τὸν Σελινάν, εἰς τὸ τοῦ ∆ανουβίου ποταμοῦ λεγόμενον παρακλάδιον. Καὶ ἕως οὗ διέλθωσι τὸν Σελινὰν ποταμόν, παρατρέχουσιν αὐτοῖς οἱ Πατζινακῖται. Καὶ ἐὰν πολλάκις ἡ θάλασσα μονόξυλον εἰς τὴν γῆν ἀπορρίψῃ, σκαλώνουσιν ὅλα, ἵνα τοῖς Πατζινακίταις ἀντιπαραταχθῶσιν ὁμοῦ. Ἀπὸ δὲ τὸν Σελινὰν οὐ φοβοῦνταί τινα, ἀλλὰ τὴν τῆς Βουλγαρίας γῆν ἐνδυσάμενοι, εἰς τὸ τοῦ