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beyond the Pillars of Hercules. Now there is Tingi, formerly 

 built by Antceus ; and afterwards by Claudius Ccesar, when he 

 made it a Colony, by whom it was called Traducta Julia. It 

 is from Belone, a Town in Bsetica, by the nearest Passage, 30 

 Miles. Five-and-Twenty Miles from it, in the Coast of the 

 Ocean, is a Colony of Augustus, now Julia Constantia, exempt 

 from the Jurisdiction of the Kings of Zilis : and commanded 

 to seek for Law to Baetica. And 32 Miles from it is Lixos, 

 made a Colony by Claudius Ccesar, of which in old Time there 

 were related many Fabulous Tales. There stood the Royal 

 Palace of Antceus ; there was the combat with Hercules ; there 

 also were the Gardens of the Hesperides. Now there floweth 

 into it out of the Sea a Creek by a winding Channel, in 

 which Men now interpret that there were Dragons serving 

 as Guards. It encloseth an Island within itself, which (not- 

 withstanding the Tract near it is somewhat higher) is alone 

 not overflowed by the Tides of the Sea. In it there standeth 

 an Altar of Hercules ; and except wild Olives, nothing is to 

 be seen of that Grove, reported to bear Golden Apples. 

 And indeed less may they wonder at the enormous lies of 

 Greece invented concerning these, and the River Lixus ; 

 who will think how of late our Countrymen have delivered 

 some Fables scarcely less monstrous, regarding the same 

 things : as, that this is a very strong City, bigger than great 

 Carthage : moreover, that it is situated over against it, arid 

 almost at an immense way from Tingi : and other such, 

 which Cornelius Nepos hath been very eager to believe. 

 From Lixus 40 Miles, in the Midland Parts, standeth Babba, 

 another Colony of Augustus, called Julia Campestris : also 

 a third 75 Miles off, called Banasa, but now Valentia. 

 35 Miles from it is the Town Volubile, just in the midway 

 between both Seas. But in the Coast, 50 Miles from Lixus, 

 there runneth Subur, a copious and navigable River, near to 

 the Colony Banasa. As many Miles from it is the Town 

 Sala, standing upon a River of the same Name, near now to 

 the Wilderness, much infested with Herds of Elephants, but 

 much more with the Nation of the Autololes, through 

 which lieth the Way to Atlas, the most fabulous Mountain of 



