Of the Southern Vr ounce. 75• 



agree, in being well watered, and in having all around Them 

 very fruitful Gardens and Plantations. A Branch of an adjacent 

 Rivulet may be condudled through every Houfe and Garden at 

 Bkeda\ whilft the feveral Conduits and Aqueduds that fupply 

 Medea with Water, (fome of which appear to have been the 

 Work of the Romans) are capable of being made equally com- 

 modious. Both of Thefe Cities lye over againft the Mouth of 

 the Ma-Saffran\ viz. Bleeda at five Leagues Diftance under 

 the Shade of Mount y4ilas ; and Medea three Leagues beyond 

 It, on the other Side of This Mountain. Bleeda therefore and 

 Medea lying thus nearly in the fame Meridian, Their refpe- 

 ftive Situations with Regard to the Ham-mam Mereega, the 

 ^quie Calidie Colonia of the Antients, together with the little 

 Alteration in Their Names, mav induce us to take the one for 

 the B'lda Colonia, the other for the Lamida of Ttolemy. The 

 Mahometan Hiftorians indeed, whom Marmot" feems to fol- 

 low, are willing to have Medea of Their own Extradlion, and 

 to be named after Their Kaleep el Mahadi : and Marmot ob- 

 ferveth further, that, before El MaJjadis Time, It was called 

 El far a, a Name not very different from UJJara, another of 

 Ttolemy s Cities in the Neighbourhood of Lamida. But Uffa- 

 ra feems to claim a Place at the Ruins of ^in Atloreede, a few 

 Leagues to the Weftward. Medea hath had undoubtedly a 

 Roman Foundation, and at moit, could have been only reftored 

 by El MaJjadi. 



There is ftill remaining at Medea the Fountain taken Notice The Fomna-n 

 of by Marmot^ \ but I could not difcover any of the Letters, Maimoi. ^ 

 which He read and tranfcribed upon the Spot. Leo feems to 

 have intirely omitted both This City and Bleeda, which, in His 

 Time, muft have made a fuperiour Figure to Mazoima, El 

 Mafcar and other Cities He hath thought fit to defcribe. The 

 Account indeed He hath left us of Medna ' the Medua* ofMar- 



I Mebadie eft une ancienne vllle baftie per les Roma'ines en une grande plaine, au deiTus 

 d'une haute montagne, qui eft a quinze lieiies a'yilger du Cofle du Midi au dedans du pah. 

 Elle a εΛέ autrefois fort peuplee & fut detruite par un Cdife fchifmatique qui y baftit de- 

 puis un Chafteau nomme de fon nom Moahed'm, dont la viiic depuis s' eft appellee Alehedie : 

 car elle fe nomma autrefois Alfara. C eftoit autrefois une colonic Romaine, comme il paroift 

 aux antiquites & aux Infcriptions qui fe trouvcnt dans ces ruines. Il y a une vieille Fontaine 

 de Marbre ou font ecrites ces Letters. 



D. 

 D. D. L. S. V. VAfrique de Marmol, l.y. cap.jf. 



2 Vid. Not. ut fupra. j Medna non procul i Num'idU terminis extruftum, diftat a mari 

 Mediterraneo milliaria fere i8o, in planitie quadam amaeniffima, maximeque frugifera pofita 

 eft, fluminibus hortifque fpatiofiiHrnis cingitur. Huic oppido praefuerunt quidam Tenez. Prin- 

 cipes, deinde Barliarojfa &c. J. Leo p. 20-3. 4 Medua grande Ville & fort ancienne, baftie 



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