-^26 Geographical Ohfervations 



fituated betwixt it's Na'uak and Marathus, and that the oppo- 

 iite Shore had not the leaft Shelter forVeiTels. The latter of thefe 

 Ohfervations is very juft ; and provided th^Navale be the Cothon, 

 which hath been taken Notice of to the Northward of Tortojay 

 no Place can better fall in with the Situation of Marathus, 

 inafmuch as Rou-wadde, upon this Suppofition, will lyenotonlv 

 between, but very nearly equidiftant from thofe Places. 

 The Magui- Five Miles to the S. S. E. of the Serpent Fountain, are the 

 dies. [^Magtizzel J>*^] SpindleSy as they call thofe pointed and cy- 



lindrical little Buildings, that are ereoted over the Crypt ce 

 defcribed by Mr. Maundrell. The Situation of the Country 

 round about them, hath fomething in it fo extravagant and 

 peculiar to Itfelf, that It never fails to contribute an agreeable 

 Mixture of Melancholy and Delight to all who pafs through 

 It. The uncommon Contrail and Difpofition of Woods and Se- 

 pulchres , Rocks and Grotto's ; the Medley of Sounds and 

 Echo's from Birds and Beafts, Cafcades and Water Falls ; the 

 diilant Roaring of the Sea and the compofed Solemnity of the 

 Place, very naturally remind us of thofe beautiful Defcriptions 

 which the antient Poets have left us of the Groves and Retreats 

 of their Rural Deities. 

 The]t\x\\zcr The Plain or Jetme , (as the Arabs call it,) commences a 

 little to the Southward of the 7V//i^i/2:2;e'/, and ends at Sumrah 

 fpreading itfelf, all the Way, from the Sea to the Eaftward, 

 five, fix or feven Leagues, 'till it is terminated by a long Chain 

 of Mountains. Thefe feem to be the Mons Bargylus oiTliny ' ; 

 as the Plain may be the fame with thofe Fields, which he 

 placeth to the Northward of Mount Libamis. There are dif- 

 perfed all over the Jeune a great Number of Caftles and 

 Watch Towers, befides feveral large Hillocks, which are of the 

 fame Figure, and raifed undoubtedly upon the like Occafion, 

 with thofe Eminences that we cuX Barrows in England. No 

 Place certainly can be better fupplyed with Water and Herbage • 

 and confequently more proper either for a Field of Battle, or 

 for an Army to encamp in. 



I In ora fiibjeda Dbano Berytus * Trieris, Calamus, TripoUs, qus Tjirii & Sidonn 8c j^radii 

 obtinent. Orthofia, Eleutberos flumcn. Oppida Shnyra, Maratbos, contraque Aradum Antara• 

 dus. **Regio in qua fupra di6H definunt montes (L'lhmus ic.) & interjaccnt'tbus campis, 

 Bjtrgylus mons incipit. Hinc riirius Syria, definente Pbcemce, oppida Carve, Bttliinea, Paltos, 

 Gabale j promontorium in quo Laodkea libera. PUn. 1. y . cap. 20. 



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