Ι5Ό Geographical Ohfervations 



Geiiah, The Two Lcagucs to tlic E. of Eoo-fljatter, is Gellah, the moil 



CorIelia. northern and rugged Part of that remarkable Promontory", 



ρΐ;.Β.'ρ.ί.' where T. Cornel'ms Scipio fixed his Winter Qitarters, and which 



*^• became therefore called the Cafira Cornelia or Corneliaf2a\ 



The whole is a narrow Keck of Land, near two Furlongs in 



Breadth ; and continuing, from one End to another, in a mo^ 



derate Elevation, maketh with the Hill that hangeth over 



Boo-fjatier, a beautiful Landskip, in the Figure of a Theatre, 



with the Me-jerdah winding Itfelf through the Midft. The 



Romans very probably extended Their Encampments all over 



This Promontory, which is more than a League in Length - 



fo that when Ctefar acquainteth us, that the Caflra Corneliana 



were only at one Mile's Diftance from Utica^ He may be fup- 



pofed to regard that Part of Their Encampments, which was 



the neareft to That City. At prefent the Me-jerdah runs below 



the S. W. as Gellah maketh the N. E. Extremity of this Neck 



of Land : and at a little Diftance from It, on the other Side, 



are the Ruins of Boo-fjatter, the antient Utica, as hath been 



fuppofed, now fituated feven Miles from the Sea Shore. 



The Port of Neither hath Carthage \ the next Place to be defcribed, much 



plppedTpiy better fupported Itfelf againft the Encroachments of theN. E. 



*the Rtver. Wluds, aud the Me-jerdah ; which, together, have flopped 



up It's antient Harbour, and made It almoft as far diftant from 



the Sea, as Utica. The Place ftill continueth to be called \_El 



EiMerfa. MerJd\TheTort ^ lying to the N. and N. W. of the City; and 



formeth, with the Lake of Tunis ^ the Teninfnla upon which 



Carthase was built. Upon the other Side of the Teninfnla^ 



Tart of the i -, r-. -n •> 7 111 λ r \ t» n 



City under towards the S. E. Carthage hath been a loier to the Sea ; for 



Water. . . 



in that Direction, near three Furlongs in Length, and half a 

 Furlong or more in Breadth, lyeth under Water. A little to 

 the Northward of thefe Ruins, but to theS. E. oi EiMerfa, are 

 the Traces of a Cothon, fcarce a hundred Yards fquare. This 

 ThenewFort.w^^ probably thQNewTort^:, which the Carthaginians built, 



1 Vid. Not. 2. p. 149. 



2 hide petit ttanulos, exeftfque mdiqiie ritpes 

 Antxi qu£ regna vocat mn vanu vetu(lus. &c. 

 Sea niajora dcd'tt cognomina coliibus ift'is 



Scipio Luc. de Bell. Civ. I.4. 



3 ΝΠΊΠ ΝΠ"ΐρ i. e. Ctv'itas Nova. Exc. p. 24. D. unde Κάρ;^«Λ)/, κ & S permutati^, quod 

 S'lculum proprium eft, ut notat Salmas. in Solinum. p. 322. 4 Qmhaginienfcs, porta novo, 

 (quia vctus a Scipione erat obftiuftus) fado &c. Ziv. Ep. jr. 



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