Passage 4.29.13
ἄχρι μὲν δὴ τοῦδε ὁ λόγος ἐπῆλθέ μοι Μεσσηνίων τὰ πολλὰ παθήματα, καὶ ὡς ὁ δαίμων σφᾶς ἐπί τε γῆς τὰ ἔσχατα καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ πορρώτατα Πελοποννήσου σκεδάσας ὕστερον χρόνῳ καὶ ἐς τὴν οἰκείαν ἀνέσωσε· τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου τῆς χώρας καὶ πόλεων τραπώμεθα ἐς ἀφήγησιν.
Thus far my account has concerned the many sufferings of the Messenians, and how fortune, after scattering them to the furthest parts of the earth and to the most distant lands beyond the Peloponnese, later restored them in time to their own homeland. Now let me turn from this matter and proceed to the description of the country and cities.