upon the Sea-Coaft of the Summer Circuit. 1 47 



killed by Regulus ' upon the Banks of It. The nioft diftant 

 Branches have been already defcribed in the Country of the 

 Hen-ne'ipjah ; which, with other confiderable Additions from 

 the Wed el Boule, SciUiana and fome other Rivulets of the 

 Frig-eah, fvvell the Stream to the Bignefs of the I/is united 

 to the Cherwell. The late Geographers, in placing the Courfe 

 of This River almoil diretlly N. and S. are in the like Miitake 

 with Tiolemjy who deriveth It from the Mampfarus Mons 

 in Long. 3 5"°• ^^nd Lat. X7'. 5-0'. a Poiition by no Means to be 

 reconciled with the Situation of the Eaftern Parts of This 

 Kingdom. 



The Me-jerdah, during It's whole Courfe, continueth tor^r^<7%«/ 

 run winding through a rich and fertil Country ; becoming dth!^^"^"^^'" 

 thereby fo well faturated wdth Soil», that It is of the fame 

 Complexion with the Nile, and appears to have no lefs the 

 Property of making Encroachments upon the Sea. To this 

 Caufe we may attribute the many Changes and Alterations 3 

 which appear to have been made in the Channel of It : and 

 that an open Creek of the Sea, into which the Me-jerdah , 

 no longer than a Century ago, difcharged Itfelf, is now circum- 

 fcribed by the Mud and become a large Pond or Anti-Harbour, 

 as we may call It, to Torto Farina. 



That the Me-jerdah , in the Time of Scipio , lay hQtv^'wtue changes 

 Carthage and the Οαβνα Cornelia, and not where we find It'leu' ^'""" 

 at prefent , appears , as well from the landing the Ambaila- 

 dours', after their Departure ίϊοΐΎϊ Carthage , at the River 

 Bagrada\ (the neareft Place we may fuppofe for that Purpofe) 

 as from Curio -h * leaving Rehilus at the fame River, whilft He 

 Himfelf is faid to have advanced farther to View the Caftra 

 Corneliana. And agreeably to theie Circumftances, Ttolemy 



I Xota eft, in Pun'icis bcliis ad flumen B.tgraddm a Regulo Imperatore baliftis tormentifque, 

 ut oppidum aliquod, cxpugnata Serpens cxx pedum longitudinis. Pellis ejus maxilloeque 

 ufquc ad bcllum Numant'inum duraverc Roms in templo. Pl'in. Hill. Nat. 1. 8. cap. 14. 

 Liv. Epit. 18. Va). Max. 1. 8. 19. 2 Bochart deduceth the Name from NHDU Brailha, 

 Λ Fond. Vid. l.i. cap. 24. agreeably to the Defcription of the Poet. 



Turbidus arcntes lento pede fiilc at arenas 



Bragada, non ullo Ljb'icis in fin'ibus amne 



Vicltis iimofas extendere lathis undas, 



Et (iagnamc vzdo patulos hivolvere campos. Sil. It. 1. <i. I.140. 

 3 Lcgati pcticrunc a magiftratibus, ut naves mittercnt, quae fe profequerentur. Oats trire- 

 mes dua; cum ad Bagradam flumen perveniiTent, unde Romana Caftra confpiciebantur, Car- 

 thag'mem rcdiere. L\v. 1. χχχ. 5. lo. 2 Bidui iter progreflus {Cm'io iz. ex yiquiUtia) ad 

 Άιιτηζη Rigradam pervenit : ibi C. Can'mium Rcb'tlum Lcgatum cum Legionibus reliquit: ipfc 

 cum equitatu anteceditad Caftra exploranda CornelUna. Caf. de Bell. Civ. 1.2. !• 2.z. 



Ο Ο X placeth 



