The first land situate upon this Gulf is that which is called the Farther Spain or Bætica[1]; next to which, beginning at the frontier town of Urgi[2], is the Nearer, or Tarraconensian[3] Spain, extending as far as the chain of the Pyrenees. The Farther Spain is divided lengthwise into two provinces, Lusitania[4] and Bætica, the former stretching along the northern side of the latter, and being divided from it by the river Ana[5]. The source of this river is in the district of Laminium[6], in the Nearer Spain. It first spreads out into a number of small lakes, and then again contracts itself into a narrow channel, or entirely disappears under ground[7], and after frequently disappearing and again coming to light, finally dis- charges itself into the Atlantic Ocean. Tarraconensian Spain lies on one side, contiguous to the Pyrenees, running down- wards along the sides of that chain, and, stretching across from the Iberian Sea to the Gallic ocean[8], is separated from Bætica and Lusitania by Mount Solorius[9], the chains of the Oretani[10] and the Carpetani[11], and that of the Astures[12].