tion. 



Of the Southern Vrovince. 8 1 



Circuit, being fituated in a diredt Line, eight Leagues to the 

 S. W. of Jurjura, the Mons Ferratus ; fifteen to the S. E. of 

 Algiers, the Icofium ; twenty four to the S. E. hy E. of Sher- 

 fljell, the lol Cafarea ; and twenty one to the W. of Seteef 

 the Sitifi of the Antients. 



7rt!aVi/i ' hathleftusaveryjuilDefcription of this Place. For Auzia, /« a 

 Auzia hath been built upon a fmall Plat of level Ground, every Γ""'" ^""'" 

 way furrounded with fuch an unpleafant Mixture of naked 

 Rocks, and barren Forrefts, that I don't remember to have 

 met with a more melancholy Situation. Menander^ as He is 

 quoted by Jofephus \ mentions an African City of This 

 Name, built by Ithohaal, the Tynan : though Bochart ' feems 

 to doubt, whether the Thanicians were at all acquainted with 

 the Inland Parts oi Africa. Yet provided we could rely upon 

 the Tradition recorded by Trocopius\ that a Number of 

 CanaanitesYiQa komjofjuamto the weftermoft Parts of ^j^ric^ 

 (fome of which, upon fuch a Suppofition, might have refted at 

 this Place) noftrongObjeolion, Iprefume, can be urged againft 

 the Ruggednefs of the Situation, inafmuch as fuch an one, from 

 the very Nature of It, would not only be the propereft for the 

 firft Settlement of a Colony, but for the future Safety and Se- 

 curity of It. Due Regard might have been had to This Cir- 

 cumftance in the founding oiCapfa, Feriana, and other Cities of 

 Africa^ whofe Founders muft otherwife be fuppofed to have 

 made an improper Choice, provided They were guided by any 

 other Confiderations than the natural Strength of the Situa- 

 tion. 



I Ncc muko port adfertiir Numidas apud Caftellum femirutiim , ah ipfis quondam 

 inccnfum, cui nomen Auzea, pofitis mapalibus confedilTe fifos loco, quia vaftis circuni 

 Saltibus claudcbatur. Tacit. Annal. 1. 4. 2 oSr®- [Ithobalus] τάκιν Eorfyy tKvm τίυί, iiJi Φοίγίκ» 

 19 Μ'ζΛτίΔ (vel disjundis vocibus Αϊζ* τώό) h hi€U. Jof, Antiq. Jud. I. 8. c. 7. 3 Sed Medi- 

 terranea hxc Oppida, tot miilibus a Phau'ice diflita non videntur quicc]uam habere commune 

 cum Auza Ithobait.^ Boch, Chan. l.i. c. 24. 4 Ενταίθα (Iv τί» ΦοινΊν.-.^) y;:bj,7t ?>« τπΚΐ'Μ'^ωτπτατζι, 

 Tifytimciii τϊ y.al hCisinuoi, nai «Λα Λτ?α ΙγόμΛτα t^v7it, o'tf J^ ojjto. 'χ r^" iCfojuv Ίςοεία ΚΛλ,Η. Olr®• Ό λΛοί 

 Ετ« αμαγί,ν 77 -χ^ιμΛ -ην irmxiiiw gpaitiyly nJiv Ιξ It^i^v των -mrKiZi ΙξΛναζά.ντΐΐ , W A'lyiTii» luifn 'ίσχί iyeS. 



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