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Purple, He might have been the Founder of It. Upon one 

 of the Medals of the younger Gordiaiz we have an Amphi- 

 theatre, not hitherto accounted for by the Medalifts : but it 

 may be too peremptory perhaps to fix it at Tifdra. 



Rtigga, the antient Caraga is about two Leagues to the "^/'ss^' ^'^ 

 S. S. E. 0Ϊ yemme, and nearly of the fame Extent. It is ξ^.Εχ^.^Λη'.γ», 

 mous for a capacious Vamiifs , as They call a Ciftern, whofe 

 Roof is fupported by feveral Rows of maffy Pillars, and which 

 formerly fupplyed the whole City with Water. 



In the fame Parallel with Rugga , feven Leagues to the perre-anah, 

 S. S. W. of Caffareen, is Ferre-anah, which appears to have 

 been the largeft City of Bizac'imn ; though all the Remains 

 of It's antient Grandeur, confift in a few Granate and other 

 Pillars, which, by fome extraordinary Chance or Benevolence 

 of Xht Arabs, are left ftanding upon their Pedeftals. It hath 

 been exceedingly well watered ; for befides a plentiful Brook, 

 that runs under the Walls, there have been feveral Wells with- 

 in the City, each of Them furrounded with a Corridore, and 

 vaulted over with a Cupola. This, and a good Air, are the 

 only Benefits andConveniencies that Ferre-anah can urge in Fa- 

 A^our of It's Situation; for, if we except a fmall Extent of Ground 

 to the Southward, which the Inhabitants cultivate, by refrefhinff 

 It at proper Times with the Rivulet ; all the reft of the cir- 

 cumjacent Country is dry, barren and inhofpitable. ThePro- 

 fpeal; likewife (which is the only one It enjoys) to the Weft- 

 ward, terminateth upon fome naked Precipices ; or elfe, where 

 the Eye hath Liberty to wander through fome narrow Cliff' 

 or Valley, we are entertained with no other View, than of a 

 Defert fcorched up with perpetual Drought, and glowing with 

 the Sun Beams. 



This lonefome Situation, and the great fcarcity of Water in γα. thal a 

 the adjacent Country, may induce us to take this Place for the '^^'^^"'^' 

 Thala of the Antients. For we are informed that Thala was 

 of great Extent, fituated like Cap fa ' in the midft of Moun- 

 tains and Deferts, and that there were fome Fountains with- 

 out the City : all which Particulars agree with the Situation of 



I Erat inter ingcntcs Solitudincs oppidum magnum, atquc valens, nomine Capia .• cuius 

 Conditoi• Hercules Ltbys mcmorabatur, ** Metelha Thalam magna gloria ceperat liaud diifi- 

 m, liter luum, mun.tumque: nifi quod apud ThaUm non longe a moenibus aliquot fontes 

 erant. S.tll. Bell. Jug. 5. 94. * 



F f f X Ferre-anah. 



