Of the Eaftern Province. ρ 7 



The Sei-boufe hath If s Influx into the Sea with the Boo- The riv,• 

 jeemah, lodging in the fame Manner, Roots, and Trunks ϊ^ί°ΐ^ 

 of Trees, upon the neighbouring Shore. The low Situation c5;[;^'' 

 of the adjacent Country, and the Inundations confequent there- 

 upon, fufficiently juftify the Etymology which fioc/jj^r/ "^ hath 

 given us oi Hippo. 



t The Ruins of the antient Hippo are ipread over the Neck The sanation. 

 of Land, that lyeth betwixt Thefe Rivers ; which, from being η/ργο-κΓ- 

 near the Banks plain and level, rifeth afterwards to a conii-'"''" 

 derable Elevation. They are about half a League in Circuit, 

 confifting as ufual, of large broken Walls and Cifterns ; fonie 

 of which were ihewn by the Moors, who have an Intereft in 

 keeping up fuch a profitable Tradition, for the Convent of St. 

 yuullin- This City, vj^s c?d\Qd Hippo Regius, not only in Con- 

 trad iftindlion to ttiQ Hippo Zarytus, but from being one of the 

 Royal Cities of the Numidian Kings. For Silius Italicus * * ac- 

 quaints uβ, that it was formerly one of their favourite Seats : 

 and indeed, if a City ftrong and warlike; *^* commodioufly 

 fituated, as well for Trade and Commerce, as for Hunting and 

 Diverfion ; that enjoyed a healthful Air, and took in, at one 

 View, the Sea, a fpacious Harbour, a Diverfity of Mountains 

 loaded with Trees, and Plains cut through with Rivers, could 

 engage the AiFedtions of the Numidian Kings, Hippo had all 

 This to recommend It. 



The River Sei-boufe wafheth the Eaftern Walls οζ Hippo ^ and ^'' P'f'^'^f 



ιΐΓ)7 1 ί ί ^ of the i)Ci-h• 



is equal to the Boo-herak. The moft diftant Fountains of It °^^'=• 

 are at Temlouke and Shaihee, where It is called JVed el Serff: 

 but upon receiving the Water of The {Am ^/[v!/^] Tra¥\ 

 muddy Fountain, and running a few Leagues to the North- 

 ward, It changeth It's Name to Ze-nati. The Alleegah joyns 

 It afterwards a little to the Weft ward of the Hammam Mesl 

 kou-teen : and then taking in the Water of The {Sehha Aioune'] 

 Seven Fountains, two Leagues farther, begins to be called 

 Sei-houfe. The\_y4in[sh^'] MylfaJj] Cloth Fountain , and the 

 Waters oiHammah afford the next Contributions. Thefe lye, 



* Nee 

 nempe a 



vei Jy ..utiijuiLi i<.iiL>uiii. i^x. ^1 uuiic ^j/ nuuuii idui jiaIjNUM l|uaill Oinuiii ιυιΐϋΐ. 



Gggehts Sy'TN (alubbo) S'mus, Stagmim. Chan. 1. i. Cap. 24. ** antiquis dilcdus 



Regibus Hippo. 1. 3, v. 259. *** e* mM α>ιμίίΙίψ ej^upw, J^ l^ttfJia» m/j^w, ip/cVV®' "*' 3 ^^^' 

 ninliyiop yM^m. Proc. Bell. Vand. 1.2. c. 4. 



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