5 8 Geographical Obfervat'ions npon the Sea-Coaft 



an Inhabitant. Ttolemfs Canuccis, the Gtmugi or Gunugus of 

 Tliny and the Itinerary^ anfwers to This Place. 



RaseiTerfF. A Neck of Land, projeding Itfelf from Thefe Ruins into the 

 Sea, forms the Ras elTerff\ betwixt which and Sherfijell there 

 is a Bay of a moderate Depth. At the Bottom of It, is the 



Tef fetT' Mouth of the Teffert, a River of no great Confequence in 

 Summer, but deep, rapid and dangerous to be forded in the 

 Winter Seafon. Edrift\ (unlefs He calculates, contrary to His 

 ufual Method, from E. toW.) makes His River Selef M\ in 

 Here, or at Tntfs ; and Ttolemy \ by placing His lol Cafarea 

 id. only to the Eaftward of the Chinelaph, feems to confirm 

 it ; though the Tradition of the fame Name, down to This Age, 

 will, I prefume, fufficiently authorize the Pofition that hath 

 been already given to It at Jibbel Difs. 



sher-flieii. f piye Milcs froui the Tefsert, and nine from Bresk, is the 

 City oi Sher-fiell, in great Reputation for making Steel, earthen 

 VefTels, and ilich Iron- Ware as are in Demand among the neigh- 

 bouring Kabjles and Arabs. It is a Collection of low tiled Houfes 

 of a Mile in Circuit; but was formerly much larger % and a 

 Seat of one of the petty Rings of This Country. What we fee 

 of It at prefent, is fituated upon the lower Part of the Ruins 

 of a large City, not much inferiour to Carthage for Extent ; and 

 we may conceive no fmall Opinion likewife of It's former Ma- 

 gnificence, from the fine Pillars, Capitals, capacious Ciiterns, 

 and beautiful Mo fate Pavements that are ft ill remaining. 



The Aque. fhc Watcr of the River Hafiem ( according to the prefent 

 Name,) was conduced hither through a large and fumptuous 

 Aqueduot, little inferiour to that of Carthage in the Height and 

 Strength of It's Arches ; feveral of the Fragments, fcattered 

 amongft the neighbouring Mountains and Λ^ alleys to the S. E. 

 continue to be fo many inconteftable Proofs of the Grandeur 

 and Beauty of the Work. There are befides two other Con- 

 duits, brought from the Mountains to the S. and S.W. Thefe 

 ftill fubfift, and, ϊ^ιώΜη^ Sher-pje II With excellent Water, (for 

 That of the Wells is brackiih) may be confidered as two inefti- 

 mable Legacies of the Antients. 



The strength Nothing ccrtaittly could have been better contrived, for 



ThtsituatZl Strength and Beauty, than the antient Situation of This City. 



I Ab Infulis jilbaimm ad Oftium fluminis Selef xxii M.P. Geog. Nub. p.8 j. 2 Exc. p.p. 

 D.E. 3 Serfel maximum, atque ampliffimum ell oppidum ϊ Romanis ad mare Med'iterra- 

 neum «dificatum; continet in circuitu Miliiaria plus minus odlo J. Leo. p. yS- 



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