upon the Sea-Coafi of the Summer Circuit, 14.? 



torium Candidum, befides the Colour of It and the Tradition 

 of the fame Name to This Day, we have This further to urge, 

 that Hippo 'D'larrhytus, according to the Defcriptions ^ΐ MelaExc.^,^Λ<).v,. 

 and Tliny, lyeth in the very Gulph, which is formed by -pjjjgP^c^pi^• 

 Cape and That of Apollo. If then It may be prefumed that 

 Tulchriim and Candidum are Synonimous Terms, we want no 

 farther Proof that This was alfo the Tromontorium Tulchrum. 



Befides, Li'vy informeth us, that when Scipio was in Sight ^'''^'^'^ρ•Ι'"1- 

 of the Promontory oi Mercury, {or Cape Bon as It is now called) 

 He did not think fit to direct His Courfe thither, but the fame 

 Wind (an Eafterly one, I fuppofe, from the hazy Quality of 

 It,) continuing, He ordered that fome other convenient Place 

 fiiould be pitched upon to Land at [infra'] helow , or (as I 

 conjeolure) to the Weftward. But as there are no other Pro- 

 montories, befides That of Apollo and the Candidum in This 

 Direftion, there is no fmall Probability that the Tromontorium 

 Tulchrum, and Candidum were the fame. Lt'Oy indeed men- 

 tions another Promontory ' in the Bay of Carthage , where 

 Scipio kept His Winter Quarters ; which fome Perfons perhaps 

 may urge to have been the Tulchrum here difputed. But as 

 This Promontory [or Gellah according to the preient Name! 

 maketh the northern Point of the Haven of Utica, there would 

 have been then no Occafion for ordering His Fleet toThat Place ' ; 

 a Circumitance doubtlefs which fuppofeth It to be at fome 

 Diftance from the Tromontorium Tulchrum, where He landed. 

 Xylander however, as He is quoted by Sir Walter Rawleigh, p. 9(^3. 

 fuppofeth the Place to have been Cape Bon: which being 

 without Queftion the Tromontory of Mercury , cannot be in- 

 filled upon; inafmuch as Li'Oy Himfelf acquainteth us that 

 Scipo did not Land there , but at fome other Place \infra~\ 

 helow It. Now as infra cannot be fuppofed to imply a fouthern 

 Diredlion, as well from the Difficulty that Scipio would have 

 had in landing upon the Eaftern Shore οϊ ^frick, as for the 

 Neceffity there would be afterwards to pafs by Tunis and Car- 

 thage in His intended Journey towards Utica, (too daring an 

 Enterprize certainly at this Time) fo there are not wanting 



ceuurti pcteie jubet. Vento eodem fcrebantur — -Scipio quod eflfet proximum Promontoriutn 

 percumiacus, quum Pulchri Promontorium id vocari audilTe: : placet omen, inquir, 

 hue dirigite naves. Eo claifis dccurrit : copis omnes in terrain expofit» funt. T. Liv. 

 J. 29. C. 27. I Sc'ifio caftia Hibcrna in Promontorio, quod tenui jugo continenti (prope 

 Vticam) adhaercns in aliquantum maris fpatium extenditur, communit. &c. Id. ibid. 5• 2y. 

 (2) Jam enim (expofitis uempe cop}js) Scipio claffe Vticam miffa &c. Id. ibid. ?• 28. 



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