in Syria; Phoenice ξ^ο. ^ 5 1 



but are obliged immediately to retire, when the Winds change 

 to the W. or S : fo that there muft have been fome better Sta- 

 tion than This for their Security and Reception. In the N.N.E. 

 Part likewife of the City, we fee the Traces of a fafe and com- 

 modious Bafon, lying within the Walls: but which, at the 

 fame Time, is very fmall, fcarce forty Yards in Diameter, 

 Neither could It ever have enjoyed a larger ^rea, unlefs the 

 Buildings, which now circumfcribe it, were Encroachments 

 upon it's original Dimenfions. Yet even this Port, fmall as it 

 is at prefent, is notwithftanding fo choaked up with Sand and 

 Rubbiili, that the Boats of thole poor Fiihermen, who now 

 and then viiit this once renowned Emporium, can, with great 

 Difficulty only, be admitted. 



All the Nations of the Le^uant call Tyre by it's antient Name Tyre f<.iw 

 Sur [-ι'ϊ], from whence the Latins feem to have borrowed Sun''^'"^ 

 their Sarra '. Sur, I find, layeth Claim to a double Etvmo- 

 logy, each of them very natural ; though the rocky Situation, 

 (the -ΐ'ϊ of the Thoenicians) will prevail, I am perfwaded, with 

 every Perfon, who feeth this Teninfula, beyond the Sar ^ or 

 Purple Fifli, for which It might have been afterwards in fo 

 much Efteem. The Purple Fiih (the Method at leait of ex- 

 tradting the Tin6ture) hath been wanting for many Ages : how- 

 ever, amongft a Variety of other Shells, the Purpura of Ronde- 

 letius is very common upon the Sea Shore. Several of thofe 

 I faw had their Infides beautified with purplifh Streaks ; aCir- 

 cumftance which may perhaps fo far inftruol us, that they once 

 belonged to fuch an Inhabitant. 



There is nothing remarkable betwixt this Place and Mount 'r» 

 Carmel, but what hath been taken Notice of by Mr. Maundrell 

 In travelling under the S. E. Brow of this Mountain, I had 

 an Opportunity of feeing the Sources of the River Kipjon, 

 Three or four of the principal Ones, which lye within lefs than 

 a Furlong of each other, are called The {Ras el Κιβοη\ Head 

 of Κιβοη, difcharging alone, without the lefler Contributions 

 nearer the Sea, Water enough to form a River half as big as 

 the Ifts. During likewife the rainy Seafon, all the Water, which 



I Sm& nomcn deduci notum eft ex Hebrxo Tyri nomine ΤΪ 7/er ; in quo literam T^ie, 

 quae medii eft foni inter Τ & S Grs.a in Τ mutarunt : & Romani in S. Ita fadlum ut ex 

 eodcm "^^Τζοχ & TJp®- nakeretur & 8λτ(λ. Boch. 1. 2. Chan. cap. 10. 2 Qax nunc Tyrus 

 dicitur, olim 5.irM vocabatur, a pifce quodam qui illic abundar, qncm lingua fua S^ir ap- 

 pellant. Vet. Scholiaft. in 4Geoig. llrg. 



Ο Ο Ο Ο α falls 



ν Sources of 

 the Kiilion. 



