[Footnote 55: Nestor, apud Leveque, Hist. de Russie, tom. i.
p. 78 - 80. From the Dnieper, or Borysthenes, the Russians
went to Black Bulgaria, Chazaria, and Syria. To Syria, how?
where? when? The alteration is slight; the position of
Suania, between Chazaria and Lazica, is perfectly suitable;
and the name was still used in the xith century, (Cedren.
tom. ii. p. 770.)]