upon the Sea-Coaft of the Summer Circuit. 14,5* 



from the Southward, (whereby the Water is blown away from 

 the Coaft of Barhary) or when any confiderable Rains have 

 fallen in the Parts adjacent to this Lake ; (whereby It receiv- 

 eth a greater Supply of Water than is expended in Vapour) 

 then, on the contrary, the Lake emptieth Itfelf into the Sea. 



The Channel of Communication betwixt the Lake and thewiPo,;, 

 Sea, is the Port of Hippo, which ftill receiveth fmall VelTels *, 

 though it muft have formerly been the fafeil as well as the 

 moil beautiful Haven upon the Coaft. There are ftill remain- 

 ing the Traces of a large Peer, that was carried out a long 

 Way into the Sea, to break off the N. E. Winds ; the Want 

 whereof, together with the great Averfion the Ttirks have to 

 Repairs, will in a iliort Time demoliili a Haven, that, in any 

 other Country, would be ineftimable. 



Scylax, in His Defcription of This City, calls It only Hippo ^ exc p. 4, c. 

 and at the fame Time takes Notice of the Lake upon which It 

 is Situated. Ί)ιοάοηι$" relateth the fame Circumftance, but 

 giveth the Name of Hippouacra to It, in regard perhaps to the 

 neighbouring Promontory. By the Direolion oiScipio's Marches 

 from the Tromontoriimi Tiilchrum to Utica , there is Room 

 to conjecture, that This fliould likewife be the Rich anonymous 

 Town mentioned by Livy\ And indeed provided the Ttirks 

 were proper Encouragers of Trade and Induftry, no Place 

 could lay a better Claim to That Title than Bizerta ; inafmuch 

 as It abounds with Fiili and Fruit of all Kinds, with Corn, 

 Pulfe, Oyl, Cotton, and a Variety of other Produolions. 



The Gulph of Bizerta^ the Sinus Hipponenfts of the Antients The siv r 

 is a beautiful fandy Inlet, near four Leagues in Diameter, The ^"p^^'^^- 

 Bottom of It is low, permitting the Eye to penetrate through 

 fome delightful Groves and Plantations of Olive Trees, a 

 great way into the Country. But our Profped afterwards is 

 bounded by a high rocky Shore, reaching as far as Cape Ziheeh^Qz^^ zi- 

 a Place fo called from the great Quantity of \y:^'j'} Raifins that ^'''''' 

 are made upon It. The eaftern Extremity is remarkable for 

 theWhitenefs of It's Cliffs, and for having the Til-loe, (as They r^, Pii.ioe. 

 call) a high pointed Rock, in the Shape of Their favourite Diih 

 of That Name, which is placed below It, 



I ΈςρΛτ)Τ!<•Λνιηγ (Agathoclcs) ^ r Ι-πη^ καλκ^5/.'ίω anfui, άχ/ίωυί^Ιυυ if^/mZe τ« m^Mu^yi \Ιμν«. 

 Diod. Sic. 1.20. 2 -Sfi/iio (cxpoCtis apud Promontorium Pulchium copijs) non agros modo 

 circa vaftavit, fcdwrifff» etiam proximam Afrorum fzzh opukntamcepit. Liv. I.29. 5-28. 



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