Of the JVefiern Trovince. 



is litiiated upon the mountainous Part of the Sea Coaft, feven 

 Miles to the E. hy S. of Tefeffad. i^ccording to the Difco- 

 veries hitherto made, ItisafolidandcompaclEdifi.ee; built, 

 in the following jManner, with the fineft Free Stone. The 

 Height I computed to be a hundred Foot^ and the Diameter of 

 the Bafts ninety. 



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The Monu- 

 mentum 

 Commune 

 Regix Gen- 



tis.fi.rf.p.lii, 



cap.i. 



The Figure of this Strufture and the received Opinion of It's^rMaitapafy 

 being ereded over a large Treafure, might induce the Turks 

 to call It ΜαΙίαραβ \_The Treafure of the Sugar Loaf.'] The 

 Point is now wanting ; and, by the frequent Searches after Tliis 

 Treafure, fever al other Parts of It are broken down and defaced. 

 However, It is ftill of a fufficient Height to be a convenient 

 Landmark for Mariners. 



The Ktihher Romeah ihould be the fame Struolure, that Mar- 

 mor informeth us to have been built over the Daughter of 

 Count Julian, in the City Tignident: though Tignident, pro- 

 vided It be the Tigadempt of other Authors, is an Inland-City, 

 at a great Diftance to the S. W. neither are there at This Place 

 the leaft Traces to be met with of fuch Temples and other Edi- 

 fices, as are, at the fame Time, taken Notice of by our Author. 

 We may rather, in Confideration of the Elegancy oftheWork- 

 maniliip, and the Beauty of the Materials, fuppofe It much older 

 than the Mahometan Conquefts ; and to be the fame Monument, 

 that Mela placing betwixt lol and Icofmyn^ appropriateth to the 

 Royal Family of the Kumidian Kings. Sepulchres of this Kind, 



^- Tipiident (ou ville vieille) eft en une Baye que fait la mer, cntre k Port qu' on nomme du 

 Mont de Serfel et celuy des Caflines. Elle eft celebre dans Γ Hiftoirc Ronuuiie fous le nom dc 

 Cefarce. II refte toutcfois fus pied deux anciens Temples, ou Ton facrifioit auxldolcs; en Γ 

 un dciqucls il y a un dome fort haut, que Ics Maurcs appellent Colurrumia, ou fcptilchix• de 

 Romain, & Ics Chreftiens par corruption Cabaromi.i, ou ils difent qu' eft cnterre la fille du 

 Coftite Julien. Elle eft fur une haute terre qui entre dans la mer : il n'y avoir point d' aurre 

 ville maritime en cette Province & nous n' avons trouve le nom. de Ccjares que dans Aben 

 Raquiq. U Afrique de Mamol. l.y. c. 34. 



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