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It fronted a little west of north, and commanded a magnificent view over the Susianian plains to the mountains of Lauristan. An inscription, repeated on four of its pillar-bases, showed that it was originally built by Darius Hystaspis, and afterwards repaired by Artaxerxes Longimanus.
I found, however, that I had missed the time for the former: and birds of all kinds were very scarce, although I obtained a few good ones, including one or two of the above-mentioned rarities. I was much pleased to get here the fine long-armed chafer, Euchirus longimanus.
There is the royal table, covered with golden dishes and cups, and spread with every dainty that the world could produce. There is the king, a tall, graceful man, but with one strange deformity with hands so long that when he stood upright they touched his knees, from which he had received the nickname of Longimanus, the long-handed.
The long arms may be compared with the Persian title rendered in Latin by Longimanus and it is conceivable that the protuberances on the head may have been personal peculiarities of Gotama.
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