ipS Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Country 



C Η A P. V. 



Of the ηίοβ remarkahle Places in the Inland Country of the 

 antient Bizacium, or Winter Circuit. 



zung-gar, Λ CcoRDiNG to thc Boundary that hath been laid down 

 ?hara".^" XV betwixt the Zetigitana and Bizacium, Zimg-gar, the an- 

 tient Zuccharay will be the moil northern City of this Cir- 

 cuit. The whole Extent of Ruins, and particularly the Tern* 

 pie, that hath been already defcribed ', are at prefent fo thick- 

 ly ihaded with Ever-green-Oaks and Locuft Trees, that there 

 is no fmall Difficulty to come near Them. 

 Youfcph. Five League to the S.W. of Zung-gar ^ are the Ruins οϊΤοη- 

 7Xv River fepjj • where the Scilliana hath It's Fountains. This River tra- 



Scilli3,n3, 



verfeth feveral fertil Plains and Valleys ; and leaving Beiffons^ 

 Tiigga and Tuher-fohe at a fmall Diftance to the Weftward, falls 

 into the Mejerdah not far from Tefloure. 

 Kifler, The Three Leagues to the S. W. of Toujeph are the Ruins of 

 £χΓρ^7•€• Kiffer, the Affiirus or ^jffuras probably of the Antients. Cel- 

 p.I^e!^* lar'ius^ maketh Thefe to be two different Cities, at a great Di- 

 ftance from each other : whereas Ttolemy, in placing His ^f- 

 furus %d. to the E. and at the like Diftance to the S. of Sicca 

 Veneria ; the Author like wife of the Itinerary by fixing His 

 u^jffuras XXX Miles from Mufti, in the Way to Sufetula\ point 

 out to us the very fame Situation, where we find at prefent 

 the Ruins of Kijfer. 

 Hydrah, Hjdrah lyeth in the fame Latitude nearly with KiJ/er, at 



about forty Miles Diftance to the W. S. W. of Keff. It is fi- 

 tuated in a narrow Valley, with a Rivulet running by It, and 

 appears to be one of the moft confiderable Places of This Coun- 

 try for Extent of Ruins. For we have here the Walls of feve- 

 ral Houfes, the Pavement of a whole Street, with a Variety 

 likewife of Altars and Maufolea ftill remaining. A great Nura^ 



I p. 153. 2 Affur&**Ftolemiiio e(i Afurus in Numiata nova, ut ait, apud S'lccam Vener'um, 

 longo intervallo i loco, qucm Audor It'tnerarii dcfignat. An eadcm, per crrorem in Nunti- 

 <ίί4«ί tranfduda fit, non habeo dicere. Invitus multiplico loca ejurdem nominis; ncque veto 

 conciliari hxc, rationibus iitriufque falvis poiTiint. Geogr. Ant'iq. I.4. Cap.4. p.io(i. Inter 

 S'tccam & Naraggaram Ftolenuo cil Ac^fi^•, Afurtis, alia ab AJftiris '/ieug\t,in<t, quas in redo 

 /IJfurti funt. Id. cap. v. p.nS. 



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