I yg Geographical Ohjervations 



there are the Figures of HorfeS;, Birds, Fiflies, and Trees fo 

 judicioufly intermixed and curiouily inlaid , that They even 

 appear more gay and lively than fo many tolerable good Paint- 

 ings. The Horfe, the Infignia of the Carthaginians, is difplayed 

 in the bold open Pofture It is obferved to be in upon the 

 u4fncan Medals : The Birds are the Hawk and Partridge : The 

 Fifties, the Gilt-Head ' (called here Jeraffa) and the Mullet : 

 And the Trees, the Palm and Olive. The Contriver perhaps 

 intending by This Choice, to point out the Strength, the 

 Diverfions, the Fifliery, and the Plenty of Dates and Oyl, for 

 which This Country continueth to be, as It hath always been 

 remarkable. Mifua, by the Ruins, appears to have been of 

 the fame Extent with Hippozarjius ; where likewife there was 

 formerly a capacious Harbour, very convenient for fuch Veilels 

 to touch at, which, from contrary Winds orDiftrefs of Wea- 

 ther, could not reach Carthage or Utica. 



Two Leagues to the E. N. E. of Seedy Dotide , and a little 

 τίΤ aqui- to the Southward of the Promontory of Mercitij, is Lowha- 

 reah, the Aquilaria of the Antients , where Curio ' landed 

 Thofe Troops, that were afterwards cut to pieces ' by Sahara. 

 There are feveral Fragments of Antiquities at This Place, but 

 Nothing remarkable : however, from the Sea Shore to This 

 Village, which is at half a Miles Diftance, the interjacent Moun- 

 tain, from the level of the Sea to the Height of twenty or thir- 

 ty Foot, is all the way very artfully fcouped and hollowed ; 

 fmall Openings being carried up, in feveral Places, to the Surface, 

 for the AdmiiTion of frefti Air ; whilft large Pillars and Arches 

 are left Handing, at proper Diftances below, to fupport the Moun- 

 tain. Thefe are the Quarries which Straho * takes Notice of; 

 from whence the Buildings of Carthage , Utica , and the 

 many other adjacent Cities, might receive Their Materials. 

 Moreover, as the Mountain above is all over ftiaded with 

 Trees; as the Arches below lye open to the Sea, having a 

 large Cliff on each Side, with the Ifland jEgimnrns placed 

 over againft Them; as there are likewife fome Fountains 



I This is tlie Aurata of the Antients, which Leo millakcs for ihcl.iicua, or l.eechj, of 

 the Itdl'ians, a Fiih of the Tunny or Mackrel Kind. Ροβ menftni oclobreni ger.ns quodiiam Fifiis 

 caphur, quod apud Afros Giarapha appellatur, eundem Pifcemejfe cred'ideriiii, qui Roman is Laccia 

 appellatur. f. Leo. p. 214. 2 C. Curio in Africam profcclus ex SicU'u- — apejlit ad eum 

 locum qui appellatur Aqu'ilaria. Hie locus abcll a Clupea, paiTuum xxii inilliaj habetque 

 non incommodam sftatc ftationem ; & duobus cmincntibus promontoriis continecur. Csf. 

 de Bell. Civil. 1.2. 5.21. 3 Milites ad unum omnes interficiuntur. W. 5. 38. 4 Ext. 

 p. 7. F. 



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