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or Telepie earlier than by St. Cyprian', there may be fome 

 Room perhaps to conjeolure that they were one and the fame 

 City. Trocopius moreover defcribeth Telepte, as a Frontier 

 Town ' of this Province ; fuch as we find Ferre-anah. The Au- 

 thor likewife of the Itinerary \ according to the Annotations 

 of Cellarius^, placeth Tacape, Capfe (or Gafsa as it is now 

 called) ^ndTekpte in the fame Dire£tion and at equal Diftances 

 from each other. Now the firft of thefe Circumftances accord- 

 eth well enough with Ferre-anah , as It lyeth in a N. W. and 

 S. E. Diredlion nearly with Gahs and Gafsa , but the latter 

 can be only admitted with fome Reftriftion : inafmuchas Gafsa 

 is removed as much too far from Gahs, as Ferre-anah is placed 

 too near Gafa\ though the whole Diftance, which is CL 

 Roman Miles , will anfwer well enough to the Space which 

 lyeth adlually betwixt Gahs, by Way of Gafsa, to Ferre-anah. 



Twelve Leagues to the S. E. by E. Qi Ferre-anah, 'isGafsa,G^isz, 

 the antient Capja, another of the ftrong Cities of Jugurtha. It capsa!"^ 

 is built upon a riling Ground^ that is enclofed ', almoft in e- A^'pFiV." 

 very Dirc6lion, with Mountains ; and hath the like melancho-^'^'^^'^' 

 ly Situation with Ferre-anah, only with this Difference, that the 

 Landskip here is fomewhat more gay and verdant by the Profpeol 

 we have from It of the Palm, Olive, Tiflachio, and other Fruit 

 Trees. But this agreable Scene is of fmall Extent, ferving only to 

 refreili the Eye in the View it is to have afterwards of an Inter- 

 change of barren Hills and Valleys. The Water which refreih- it's Fountaim 

 eth thefe Trees is colle£led from two Fountains; whereof the '"''^^""''''' 

 one arifeth within the Citadel, the other in the Centre of the 

 City. The latter, which is probably the Fountain mentioned 

 hy SaUu β \ ιχηά thtTarmid' oi Edrifi', was formerly covered 

 with a Cupola. It is ftill walled round, and difchargeth Itfelf 

 afterwards into a large Bafon, defigned, as we may conjeolure, 

 to bathe in. This and theOtherFountain uniting before they leave 

 the City, form a pretty large Brook, which from the Quan- 



1 In Concil. Canhag. 2 Ec ξ^Λτια ί χ4«. De iEdif. Cap. ί. ^Exc. p.27. Η. p.28. Α. 

 4 Ex medijs ** Tola Capfe nota elt ex Ptoleniso, per quamfi a Tacafis ducas lineam & fimui 

 milliaria atcendas, quK \ntc\: Capfen liint & Telepten, in plagam & locum ubi Telepte fuit, 

 linca perducet. Cell. Geogr. Antiq. 1. 4. 0,4. j Ehai enim yg;? eft conftingere. Hinc 

 merito ΓΠΧδρ Capfa dicicur, quam undiquc premcbant & in ardtum cogebanc vaftas folitu- 

 dincs, ut & monies. Boch. Chan. l.l. c. 24. 6 Capfenfes una fliodo, atque ea intra oppi- 

 dum jugi aqua, cKtera pluvia utebantur. Sail. Bell. Jug. f. 94. 7 Urbs Cafsa pulchra eft^ 

 habet macnia, & fluvium excurrentcm, cujus aqua pΓ.Έltantior eft aqua Crf/?;/f<e.• habet etiam 

 intra fe fontem, qui vocatur ^/ Trfrwirf. Geogr. Nub. p.U. 



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