upon the Sea-Coafl of the Summer Circuit. 1 49 



far to the Eaftvvard, even for Carthage, much more for Utica; 

 which, lying in the Road betwixt Hippozarjtus and Carthage^ 

 may undoubtedly be prefumed to incline towards the N. W. 

 Laying afide therefore this Authority, let us examine the other 

 Geographical Circumftances that are left us of this City by the 

 Antients. 



As then all of Them agree, that Utica was a maritime City^udca, ^vft- 

 fituated betwixt Carthage ^ηά the Promontory οι Apollo, WQ^Hnla^:'''' 

 are to fcarch for It fome where or other upon the interjacent 

 Sea Coaft. But at prefent there are no Ruins at all to be met 

 with in This Situation : there is no Eminence ', under which 

 Uika was built ; there is no Promontory % which lay at a frnall 

 Diftance to the E. or N. E. and formed the Harbour: the 

 whole Extent of Shore, fromCarthage to the Me-jerdah, lying 

 in a femicircular Form ; and the Land for fome Miles behind 

 It , being very fmooth and level. Utica therefore cannot be 

 found upon the Sea Coaft, as It is formed at prefent, by any of 

 thofe Tokens and Chara(5lerifticks that are left us of It in the old 

 Geography. 



But if the Ground to the Breadth of three or four Miles a^» ^? /«»?? 

 from the Sea Shore, iliould be a Gift from the Sea, occafionedrKT 

 by the eafterly Winds, and the copious Addition of Mud, left 

 every Inundation by the Me-jerdah ; if This River, by frequent- 

 ly ihifting It's Channel , took at laft the Advantage of the 

 Lake ^ betwixt Utica and the Caflra Cornelia, and forced Itfelf 

 that Way into the Sea ; then we may very juftly place It at 

 Boo-pjatter ; where, befides the Eminence taken Notice of by 

 Livy, we have a great Variety of old Walls, a large Aqueduft, 

 Cifterns to receive the Water, and otjier Traces of Buildings 

 of great Extent and Magnificence. Thefe Ruins lye about 

 twenty feven Roman Miles from Carthage, as the Diftance is 

 recorded in the Itinerary ; and behind them, towards the S. W. 

 we are entertained with a View of the Large Fields^ which 

 the Romans have made famous by their military Exploits. 



I Imminente prope ipfis minibus {Vt'tciz) tumulo. Liv. 1. 29. ?. jf. 7. Sc'ipio Caftra 

 hybcrna in promontorio quod teniy jugo continenti adhserens, in aliquantum maris fpatium 

 extenditiir, communit. Id. ibid. Id autem (C^/?)-^ Con;f/iii«4) eft jugum diredum, eminens 

 in mare, utraque ex parte prasruptum atque afperum, fed paullo tamen leniore faftigio ab 

 ea parte quae ad Vticam vergit. Abed diredo itinere ab Vtka, paullo amplius paiTuum mille : 

 fed hoc itinere eft fons, quo mare fuccedit j longe Uteque is locus reftagnat ; quem fi quis 

 vitare volucrit, vi millium circuitu in oppidum pcrveniet. Cef. Bell. Civ. 1. 2. 5- 22. 

 3 Vld. Not. ult. 4 MagniCampi. Uv. 1. 30. ?. 8. 



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