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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 102 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IYRCAE  , an See also:

ancient nation on the See also:north-See also:east See also:trade route described by See also:Herodotus (iv . 22) beyond the See also:Thyssagetae, some-where about the upper basins of the Tobol and the Irtysh . They were distinguished by their mode of See also:hunting, climbing a See also:tree to survey their See also:game, and then pursuing it with trained horses and See also:dogs . They were almost certainly the ancestors of the See also:modern See also:Magyars, also called Jugra . The See also:reading TvpKar. is an See also:anachronism, arid when See also:Pliny (N.H. vi . 19) and See also:Meta (i . 116) speak of Tyrcae it is also probably due to a false correction . (E . H .

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