p6 Geographical Ohfervations upon the Sea-Coafl 



been the later Work of the Mehometans. The prefent Bona 

 the aphro-^^'^^"^^^^'^ ^""^y ^^ rather the Aphrodifitmi οΐΤίο^ψ, placed by 

 disium£°" Hij^-, I ^' to the N. of Hippo •, as the Colon'ia, which at the fame 

 ^' '^'^' Time is joyned with It in the Tables, will, according to the Ob- 

 fervation of Cellarius, be an Appellation more fuitable to the 

 Latter '. 

 The Portland ^^^^^ bcfidcs thc capacious Road before It to the E. had for- 

 Trade of jncrly a convenient little Port under the very Walls of It to the 

 Southward ; but by the conftant Difcharge of Ballait into the 

 one, and the Negled of cleanfifig the other, both are rend red 

 dayly lefs fafe and commodious. However a great Quantity 

 of Corn, Wool, Hides, and Wax, are every Year ihipped oif 

 from This Place; wdiich, by proper Care and Encouragement, 

 might become the moil flourifliing City in Barhary\ as by re- 

 moving the Rubbiih, repairing the old Ruins, and introducing 

 freih Water \ It would be one of the moft convenient and de- 

 lightful, yibulfeda \ in making Bona a Frontier City of His 

 y^frikea, difagrees as well with Mela and Ttolemy, who place 

 the Boundaries of the fame Province feventy Miles farther to 

 the Weft; as with Tlinysxi^ Minus, who place It nearly at the 

 like Diftance to the Eaft. 

 The Antunt Bctwixt Blatd elAnel• and Hippo, we have a large mariliy 

 Haven^^ of p^^j^^ covcred, in fome Parts of It, with Water. It appears to 

 be an Acquifition from the Sea, and might have been formerly the 

 The River Road or Havcu of i7ippo. Boo-jeemah, which hath a Bridge of 



Boo-jeeman. ι l -' 



Roman Workmanfliip built over It, runs along the Weltern 

 Side of This Mar β ; and, being made up of the Wed el T>a-al•^ 

 and feveral more Rills that defcend from the Edough ' and other 

 adjacent Mountains, is, in the rainy Seafon, frequently fubjed 

 to Inundations. The many Roots, and Trunks of Trees brought 

 down at Thofe Times by the Torrents, might have firft begun 

 This Addition of Land to the Continent. 



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. Succedi: apud Ptolenuum Aphrodi(nim colonia, dc qua nihil aliunde notum eft ut putare 

 poflis mcndum in PtolemM effe, & vocem κολω'^/α, colonia ex proximo de Hippone Rcgio 

 verfu in hunc, qn'iAphrodifium habet, irrcpfiffe. Cell. Geogr.Antiq. I.4. cap. y.p.112. 2 Nulh 

 hie fontes; nulla aqua prceterquam pluvialis, quam illi ciftcrnis quibuidam aflervarc lolent. 

 Ad oricntale latus arx qujedam eft munitiiTima. J. Uo. 3 Botnia lita eft in initio regni 

 Afrikea : habct fluvium modicum qui in mare ab occafu ejus delabitur. Abulf. ut lupra. 

 vid. p. 6. 9. & Exc. p. 12. cap. 3. p. 19. cap. 7. & 'liia Ρ• ^i- cap. 4, ρ. 23. cap. 27. ρ•3θ• 

 D. p. 31. Α. 4 The River Ladogus or Yadog of the modern Geography, vid Atl. Geogr. Vol. 

 IV. P. 184. De la Croix ut Supra. Tom. y. p. 282.) is the fame no doubt zuith the Boo-jccmah; 

 and ferns to be a Corruption of Edough, the Place where It hath It's Sources; there being no 

 River, that I could be informed of, of the like Name. 



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