I ΙΟ Geographical Ohjervations in the Inland Country 



lowing Infcription, by the latter Part of which we may fix the 

 exc.^^Ly. "Diana of the Itinerary at this Place. 



IMP. CAES. M. SEVERO. ΡΙΟ. FELICI. AVG. PONT. MAX. TRI. POT. PRO- 

 VIDENTISSIMO. ET SANCTISSIMO. PRINCIPI. ET ANTONINO. NOBILISSI- 

 MO. CAESARI. PRINCIPI. lUVENTUTIS. DIANENSIUM. EX DECRETO. 

 D. D. P. P. 



Medraiiiem. Five Lcagucs to the E. of Tagou-zainah, upon the Northern 

 Skirts of Jihhel ^urefs:, we have a very remarkable fepulchral 

 Monument, fituated betwixt two Eminences. It goes by the 

 Name oiMedrafljem, ονΜαίΓ Cafijem, [The Treafitre ofCapje?n'] 

 being nearly of the fame Fafliion with That of the Kuhher 

 Rome ah , but differeth in being larger, and in having the 

 Cornifli of the Baje fupported with Tufcan-X^Q Pilafters. The 

 ^r^^j- imagine, as They do with Regard to other large Piles, that 

 an immenfe Treafure lyeth buried beneath It ; and have there- 

 fore made the like Attempts, as ztthQ Kuhher Rome ah y to lay 

 It open. 



TheDiflriaof Tlic Diftriol in the Neighbourhood of This Maufoleum, is 

 i-yac-coute ^^||g^ ^'i-yac-coute\ probably from The \_^Am ['^y^^^] Tac-coute ' ] 

 Diamond (or tranfparent) Fount ain, that lyeth near the middle 

 of It. Several Fragments οϊ Roman high ways, and other 

 Ruins, are fcattered all over It , whereof thofe of Om-oley 

 Sinaahy a League or more to theWeftward οι Medra^jem, in 

 the Way to Tagou-zainah^ are the moil noted. 



Tatrubt, r^i Tattiiht , bordcriug upon the Ai-yac-coute to the N. E. is 



Iw^p.Io.G. about four Leagues from O?n-oley Sinaah , and eight to the 

 S. S. W. of ΟοηβαηΐΙηα. This hath been formerly a conlidera- 

 ble City, but is at prefent almoft entirely covered with Earth 

 and R ubbifli. Hajfpin, the prefent Bey of This Province, dug up 

 lately out of thefe Ruins, feveral beautiful Granite Pillars, 

 all of Them intire and of the fame Bignefs. They are about 

 twelve Foot long, and may juftly be reputed the moil grace- 

 ful Ornaments of the new Mofque, which he hath ereoled, at 



I This ts the ufual Name for the Diamond in the feveralPlaces, both of the Levant and Barbaiy, 

 ■where I have been. The ΠΟΊΙ)? Zakoiikit in the Β ook^ of Job (28. 17.) fecms to be the fame ; 

 and, bcin^ there jojneil with Things of the greateft Price, may perhaps be 7mi(h better rcndredthe 

 Diamond than Chiyllal, as It is in our Tranflation. However Golius and others interpret It dif- 

 ferently, viz. Voce hac On'cnti diveifa; appellantur gemmae: Siquidem Hyacinthi iuas 

 rpecies quatuor numcrat; rubram, flavam, co-Tulcam &: albam. Atque ita quoque 5rf/>/»W?-«j 

 & Onyfaitthus. Abfolute tamen intelligitur Hyacinthus rubra ; qui lapis vulgo Rubinns dici- 

 tur. Vid. Gol. in voce <.:yj.uli. 



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