Upoyi the Sea-Coaft of the Summer Circuit. 1 5 J 



tvhilft, to the E. and N. E. the whole Extent of the Ca^es 

 Carthage and Commart, to theDiftance of one, fometimes two 

 Furlongs from the Sea Shore, do not appear to have been ever 

 included in the City. If we may be then permitted to calculate 

 the Extent of the antient Carthage from thefe Circumftances, 

 fifteen Miles, I prefume, will be fufficient to circumfcribe It. 



Adjoyning to the Greater Cifterns, we fee the firft Ruins oiThe^rcdna, 

 the antient and celebrated ' Aqueduct, which may be traced, as 

 far as Zow-wan, and Zung-gar, to the Diftance of at leaft fifty 

 Miles. It hath been a work of extraordinary Labour and Ex- 

 pence ; and that Portion of It, which runs along the Teninfula, 

 was beautifully faced with hewn Stone. At ylrr'i-ana, ^. little 

 Village two Leagues to the Northward of Tunis, feveral of 

 thefe Arches are entire , which I found to be feventy Foot 

 high. The CoUimns which fupported Them, were fixteen 

 Foot fquare. The Water-Channel lyeth above thefe Arches, 

 being vaulted over, and plaiftered with a ftrong Cement. An 

 ordinary fized Perfon may walk upright in It ; and at certain 

 Diftances, there are Holes left open, as well for the AdmilTion 

 of frefli Air, as for the Conveniency of cleanfing It. The Wa- 

 ter Mark, is near three Foot high ; but to determine the Quan- 

 tity that was dayly conveyed to Carthage by This Channel, It 

 would be neceffary to know what Angle of Defcent there was 

 given to It; which, from the many Breaches, fometimes for 

 the Space of three or four Miles together, I had no Method to 

 determine. 



There was a Temple erefted, both ^tZow-iuan and Zung-gar, Temples erea- 

 over the Fountains which fupplyed This Aquedu6t with Water. fcJZ'L•/ ^ 

 That at Zimg-gar, which, by the Ornaments, appears to have 

 been of the Corinthian Order', ends very beautifully in a 

 Dome, where there are three Nitches, leaning immediately 

 over the Fountain. Thefe might probably receive fo many 

 Statues of Water Nymphs or other Deities'. Upon the Frize 

 of the Portal we have This broken Infcription. 



I rsyouSf/oi TS Kc(f;y)<foi'©' o!>;^!tt. τί/ 7Ϊ OXETON άξ/οθΐαπι» orTS Λ«λο)', of \( r -mhiv tiinyi η i'tfef. 

 Procop. B. Vand. 1. 4. c. i. 2 Veneri, Flora, Proferplns fontium Nyvaphis Corinthio generc 

 conftituts aedes, aptas videbantur habere propiietates, quod his Diis propter teneritatem gra- 

 ciliata & florida foliis & volutis ornatu opera fada augere videbantur juftum decorcm. 

 Vitr. l.i. c. 2. 3 Snch us were Hercules, Minerva and Diana. Herculi ( fontium prafidi ) 

 Sacrum. Fabrett. Infcript. Cap. 4. N°. 170. rig? j tuivit («κόν®* l-yimhvn) t^tv ΗραχΛο®• 

 %ακνφίΐ)ΐ KfUu», li ΰΛιρ (is 01 ΊζβίζΐΜΟίΐ uy^irn) άναυφτοί Ηρβχλέκί-. Pauf. in Corinth. MiNERViE 

 if. p.) Sacrttm. Frftmr. Infcrip. N°.495:. Diana (f.p.) Sacrum. W. N°. 49<i. 



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