ipo Geographical Objervations 



as far as Surfeff, the antient Sarfura. Behind It, all along to 

 Sahaleel, we have a View of that extenfive Plain, which is 

 taken Notice of like wife by the fame Author. But as there are 

 no Traces of a Port either at This Place, or for feveral Miles 

 on each Side of It : as It is fituated likewife too near the Sea ' 

 and at too great a Diftance from Lepiis, Sufa doth not feem to 

 agree with the antient Rujpina, to which Hirtius hath afcribed 

 all or moft of thefe Circumftances. 

 sahaied,r/&i A Lcaguc and an half from Sufa, we pafs overa\^alley with 



RUSPINA. 



Exc. p.] 

 p.ii. β. 

 Peut. 'L 



^ι^^β'τί;^ brisk tranfpareiit Rivulet running through the middle of It. 



Half a League further, upon a Declivity of the fame Chain of 

 Eminences with Sufa, is Sahaleel, where we have likewife 

 fome Remains of Antiquities. This Village is fituated at a good 

 Miles Diftance from the Sea, and therefore feems to have fair* 

 er Pretenfions to Rufpina than Sufa ; efpecially as the Sea be- 

 fore It not only formeth Itfelf into a Bay, but hath alfo a Com- 

 munication with a fmall Lake, which was probably the Port 

 mentioned by Hiriius^. Sahaleel having no other Water than 

 what is drawn from a few Wells, will very well account for 

 the Neceffity that C^far lay under of receiving further Sup- 

 plies from another Place : which (from the many Difficulties 

 He met with in the Way to It \ occafioned by Scipios Army- 

 being poflefl^ed of all this Country to the Northward) feems 

 to have been from the Rivulet I have juft now defcribed. 

 Monafteer. Y\\Q Milcs ovcr agaittft Sahaleel, upon the Extremity of a 

 fmall Cape, is Monafteer, a neat thriving City, walled round 

 like Sufa. Large Pieces of Marble, Pillars, and other antient 

 Materials are not commonly met with at this Place; how- 

 ever from It's Situation, and the Command It wOuld have 

 thereby of the two Bays of Sufa and Lepiis, we may fufpe£t 

 It to have been oi Carthaginian or Roman Extraolion; though, 

 from the prefent Name, It can lay claim to no extraordinary- 

 Antiquity. 



In hoc jugo colles funt excelfi pauci &c. Hirt. Bell, jifr'ic. 5. 34. Sc'ip'to interim, cognito 

 C&far'ts difcciTu, (i caftris prope /?«/)!)»»(»») cum univerfis copiis per jtigtim dfarem fubicqui 



csepit 1• j8. Sc'ipio confeftim C<efarem per fupcriora loca conlccutus, millia palTuum VIII 



i Thapfo binis caftris coniedit. 5• <58. Lablenus per Jagum fiimmum Collis, dextrorfus pro- 

 cul milites fubfcqui non dcfiftit. 5. (ij. i Porcus [Kufphu) abeft ab oppido millia Pailuum 

 II. U. 5.9• 2 Vid. Not. ut fupra. 3 C<c/"<ir-vallum ab oppido Rufpina ulquc ad mare de- 



ducere & i caftris alterum eodem Equitatus eorum (Sc'ipmls &c.) circum Cdifur'is muni- 



tiones vagari ; atque eos qui pabulandi aut aqmndi gratia extra Vallum progreffi elTent, ex- 

 cipere. Hirt. Bell. Afrif. ?. ip & 22. 



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