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Christian to dig amongst the ruins, 
though it has often been prop sed to 
‘Bim, to retarn the same weight of 
whatever valuable metal might be 
found. 
[In this country they haye plenty 
of naphtha, or bitumen, but [ never 
found that they had made use of it 
in any of their buildings, as T have 
seen at Cresiphon, Seleucia, and other 
‘ancient ruins, in that pirt of Asia; 
here the vyps appears to have been 
generally used. 
It is very difficult to form an ac- 
curate idea of the exteat of ancient 
Carthage, but it does not appear to 
have been above nine miles tn cir- 
cumference ; the principal parc lies 
on the side of a hill, which narrows 
as it rises, almost to an angle on the 
north side, towards Porta Farina; 
_from the top of this hil there is 2 
very extensive and most beautiful 
prospect. This promontory, or 
cape, is still distinguished on the 
charts by the naine of Cape Car- 
thage. 
_ On the north side of the hill down 
to the sea, it Is very steep, and does 
not appear ever to have been mach 
inbabited ; it contifiues very steep 
on the east side towards the seay to 
_ a considerable distauce. 
At. present, the Bey of Tunis 
employs a great many Christian 
slaves in carrying stones from the 
east side to the pier Mow making at 
the Goletta; the slaves roll the 
stones down the steep, then put them 
_ into sandals, a sort of flai-butromed 
craft used in that country; they 
have only to carry them a few miles 
onthe gulph of Tunis, then throw 
them overboard, to form ‘he pier at 
the Goleita. This pier now extends 
a considerable way into the sea, and 
is a very great improvement to the 
port of the Goletta, and an accom- 
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modation to vessels of an easy draft ’ 
of water, as they may now lie in 
perfect safety; and it is intended 
to carry the pier further out into 
deep water, where the largest ships 
may be protected by it, and lie in 
perfect safety. 
Amongst the ruins of Carthage I 
have found marble of almost every 
description, but mostly in small 
pieces. 
The principal cause which has 
Contributed so much to reduce the 
ruins of Carthage to its present in- 
Significant appearance, is its prox- 
imity to Tunis, and the palace of 
Bardo, &c.. ‘The beys and the prin« 
cipal people ha¥e, for a considerable 
time past, built their palaces from 
the-ruins, and they have always been 
particularly careful to collect the 
most beautiful marbles. 
Uden is situated about twenty 
miles south from Tunis; it appears 
to have been a city of some conse- 
quence, though it has uever been 
mentioned by Lee, Dr. Shaw, or 
any other traveller or historian. 
The remains of this city are still in 
a more perfect state than any other 
ruins in Barbary. Having no guide 
to instruct me what this city was 
formerly, or even its ancient name, 
or whether it has always been dis- 
tinguished by the name it bears at 
present, I could form no other idea 
of it, than what fell within my own 
observation. The Tunisians at pre- 
sent cal] it Udena; it is situated 
upon a hill, having an easy ascent to 
it on every side; from the best ob- 
servations I could make upon the 
spot, the ruins still visible do not 
exceed five miles in circumference. 
The cisterns, or reservoirs for water, 
are ina much more perfect state 
than thore of Carthage; they scarecly 
appear to have received any injury, 
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