in Syria^ Phoenice ζ^€. ^29 



been a Place of the greateft Importance^ as it would have the 

 intire Command of the Road, that lay hQtWiyX Thos nice and 

 the maritnne Parts of Sjria. The Port which Orthofm may 

 be prefumed ' to have formerly enjoyed, is reduced at prefent 

 to an exceeding fmall Creek, not capable of receiving the Fiili- 

 ing VeiTels that frequent the Coail. 



The Mountains οι Lib anus, which, from ^rc^i hither, lyQUe Rive-,- 

 in a W. S. W. Diredtion, begin now either to run parallel, at 2ithe\l7-\ 

 Mile or half a Miles Diftance, with the Sea Coaft, or elfe they w ϊίι«-"' 

 ftretch themfelves out, in fmall Promontories, into the Sea."'"' 

 As there is hereby made a remarkable Alteration in the Face 

 and Difpofition of the whole Country, we have Room to con- 

 jedlure, that the Boundary betwixt Syria and TJooenice was fixed 

 at this Place. Mela ' indeed placeth Simyra and Marathus a- 

 mong the Cities oiThosnice^ ^YiiXWiStepharius^hy m^kins^Ba/anea, 

 now Bannias, to be a City of it, extends this Province into 

 the very Neighbourhood of Jehilee. Even Tlinj , notwith- 

 ftanding he calleth Simyra a City of Cos/e- Syria, yet afcribeth 

 Marathm and Aradus, which are fituated feveral Leagues be- 

 yond it, to Thoenice. However Ttolemfs Authority is intirely 

 in our Favour, which is the more to be credited, as an old Extraol 

 from Straho ', and even Straho himfelf feems to confirm it. 

 For when the latter calls Marathus (•ηοΚίί k^-^a. Φοίνιξ) an ancient 

 City of the Thoenicians, nothing more perhaps is meant, than 

 that it originally belonged to that People , before they 

 were excluded by the Seleucida. If this Interpretation is ad- 

 mitted, then we may likewife clear up the other Difficulties 

 that were raifed before by Mela, Stephanus and Tliny. 



About two Leagues from the Nahar elBerd,ixvQ theRuins oin 

 TripoUs , which , being founded , by the united Intereft of 

 Jtradus, Sidon, and Tyre\ might have been intended for a 

 common Mart to thofe maritime Powers. It is fituated upon 

 a low Cape, called a Teninfula by Scylax', and hath formerly 

 enjoyed a large and fafe Harbour, though at prefent a few 

 Iflands, lying to theN. W. are the only Shelter that VeiTels re- 



I TpJ^fflv 3 ψζ^ί fiV ^λοΓο/, ejc/jii- Hi ορθαβτάΛ. I Macc. Tj. p. 2 L. r. Cap. 4. 3 Ab urbc 

 Ortboftu Peluiuim ufquc rcgio maritima Plmitcli dicitur, angulla exiltens. Chrf. ex Str^l•. 

 Gcogr. 1. 16. p. 208. 4 ΚατΒ tIw Φοίήκκν tii τπίλ/ί άξ/όλο>@• oKOf/ee ΊείτηΜί, okeicw Ιχνσα τ? fJow liy 

 eresnyieM. T?Hf yi^ Htm. h «Χτ? -dhns, fu^diov ί-π' ά^λίλβ^ ίχ«<π« Μημα. Ι^/;£^λίτ*/ Λ' n-my '« fC Αρ«. 

 iim, ;. η 2;Λ-π«^ « ο Τ.βίων. Diod. Sic. 1. 16. cap. 41. Scyl. Perip. Ed. Hud/, υ. αι. Strab, 

 1. Ιό. p. jiy. Flin. I. j. cap. 20. y Vid. 59/. Perip. ut fupra. 



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