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= "The Huns were once settled in the countries on the north of the Great Wall of China; and before the Christian Era, had extended their sway to the eastward as far as the ocean, westwardly as far as to the heads of the Irtish, and northwardly as far as to the ocean also." "They were beaten in a general, decisive battle, by the Alans, about the year of our Lord 48, and were scattered in different directions to different parts of the world." "One division settled in the east of the Caspian sea, where the ten tribes had been settled before their arrival, in the plains of unclear, near the Persians. They afterwards became civilized and luxurious?. They extended their empire from the Caspian Sea, to the heart of India, about the year of our Lord 488. About the year of our Lord 558, they, as well as the Igors?, on the branch of the Selinga, were subdued by the Turks. These nations were distinguished from all the other nations of Scythia, by the knowledge & use of letters in the Scythian character and language. Whether the unclear learned these from the Israelites, will presently be examined." "Another division of the Huns lived for some time on the Volga; and in the year 405, they removed to the north, to escape from the unclear, who had then conquered all the countries from the area to those on the west of the Irtish."