^^6 Geographical Ohjer vat tons 



nary Line drawn betwixt thofe Places as they are particularly 

 marked out in the Scriptures, will give us the Boundary required. 

 Kadefli hy Καάββ) Bamea then (which may be prefumed to lye/omewhere 

 Boundaly of ficar or upon this Boundary, in the direct way from Edo7n to 

 the Land ofTrom'ife,) will probably be fixed at about an hun- 

 dred Miles Diftance to the S. W. of Jerufakyn, at the half Way 

 nearly hQtWwt Rhinocolur a and thQElanitic Gulph oith^RedSea. 

 ItdefZ The Weftern Coaft of this Tribe lay, along the S. E. Gulph 

 coaf^'^'" of the Mediterranean Sea ', from Ekron to the River oi Egypt ^ 

 being the moil Part of it low, of a barren fandy Quality, and 

 very dangerous for Veflels to approach. Several of the antient 

 Cities, particularly thofe of the Thiliflines, have pretty nearly 

 preferved their old Names : for Ekron is called u^kron, ^fcalon 

 is contracted into Scalon, Gath into Jet, and Gaza, which 

 lyeth about feven Leagues to the S. W. of Akron and eleven 

 in the fame Direction, from y<«^^, is pronounced C^^s;/. Rhi- 

 nocolura was probably fituated near the Bottom of the Gulph, 

 fixteen Leagues to the S. W. hy W. of Gaz)/, and eighteen to 

 the Eaftward of the Nile. The Lake Sirhonis lay betwixt It 

 and the Nile, at fix Leagues Diftance only from the Latter, 

 being formerly of great Extent, and having a Communication 

 with the Sea. Though indeed, what I have faid oi Kadeflj 

 Barnea, Rhinocolura, and this Lake, is barely conjectural, by 

 comparing what I my felf have feen of Judea, the Nile and 

 Arabia, with the Accounts that have been left us of thefe 

 Places by different Authors. 



CHAP. II. 



Geographical Obfervations relating to Egypt ^ Arabia 

 Petr^ea, and the Encampments of the IfraeJites. 



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Bravches of ncts, lu approaching it, eftimate the Diftance by the Depth of 

 Water : fuch a Number of Fathoms ufually anfwering to the fame 

 Number of Leagues. All that Portion of it particularly, which 



Tineh or lyeth betwixt Tineh (the antient Telufmm) and the Branch οίΊ)α- 



Pelufium. "' . . τι r r 



mi-ata, is exceeding low and full of Lakes and MoraflTes ; agreeing 

 fo far, even to this Day, with the Etymology ' of the Name. The 



1 Ntonb.^^. 6. Jof).\y 12. and 13. 2,3. 2 Vid, p.35. Not.i. LakcS 



The^ coafi nn Η Ε R Ε is no Part of the Coaft oi Egypt, which fell under 

 Mouths and "^ ^^ Obfervatlon, that could be feen afar off. The Mari- 



0/ Egypt a7id 

 the Seven 



