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Scandarca or 

 Alexan- 

 dria. 



Portus Mag- 

 nus, Fortus 

 Eunofti cJ* 

 CibotLis. 



Septem 

 Stadium. 



The Rums of 

 Alexandria. 



The ancient 

 Walls. 



The Cifierns. 



Pompey'i 

 Piuar. 



Geographical Ohfervatlons 



Scandarea, as Alexandria is called at prefent, hath twvo 

 Ports * the new one, which the VeiTels of Europe lefort to, 

 and the old one, where thofe only from Ttirley are admitted. 

 The former is what Straho calls the Great Tort ', lying to the 

 Eaftward of the Tharos : the other is his Port of Eunoflus, 

 where was alfo the Cihotus, which is faid to have had a Com- 

 munication with the Lake Mareotis, that lay behind it to the 

 South. The prefent Scandarea is fituated betwixt them, upon 

 what was probably the Septem Stadium ' of Straho ; whereas 

 the old City lay further towards the N. and N. E. 



Confidering the great Devaftations which have attended the 

 Saracen Conquefts in other Places, it is fomewhat extraordi- 

 nary, that the greateft Part of the antient Walls of this City, 

 together with their proper Turrets, fliould have remained fo 

 compad and intire quite down to this Time. In the fame Con- 

 dition likewife are the Cifterns, which, at the overflowing of 

 the Nile, were annually fupplyed with Water, Thefe are of a 

 great Depth, having their Walls raifed by feveral Stages of 

 Arches, upon which the City was built. The Grandeur and 

 Sumptuoufnefs of the antient Alexandria, may be further 

 eftimated from two Rows of beautiful Granate Pillars, (feve- 

 ral whereof are ftanding) which may be fuppofed to have con- 

 ftituted the Street, that is taken Notice of by Straho, and 

 reached from the NecropoUtic ' Part of the City to the Gate of 

 Canopus, We have both at Latikea and Hydra, Cities already 

 defcribed. Rows of Pillars difpofed in this Fafliion. 



Tompefs Pillar lyeth at a little Diftance to the Southward 

 of thefe Walls. It is of the Corinthian Order, though the 

 Foliage of the Capital is badly executed. A great Part of the 

 Foundation, which is made up of feveral different Pieces of 

 Stone and Marble, hath been removed, in Expcolation, as may 

 be fuppofed, of finding a Treafure. At prefent therefore the 

 wholeFabrick feems to reft intirely upon aBlock of whiteMarble, 



1 Es7 si h τω n.i-)a}^Ui^i X? /ϋ' "i frfWABc ei• Λξίξί » yrmf ks" '" ■TrJfyQr 'ο'^ά.£β<. Strab. I.17. p.1144. 

 *" Εξ3ί i*' Έ.ΖΛζν κιμ»ν fi$ -m twJasacOo»- yji vsrif Ttm opuxw. w "CSU V.£otiiy y^Kij-iv, ίχαν ^ auiif viiifia. 

 ϊ.»Λ7ΐί« cfi lin ίιάξνζ^ ■3-λωτΛ μί^ι^ι raf Xip,y»f TlTsiy-V» i MnpavJhf. Id. ibid. p. 1 14^. 2 OuTtiJi ( Portus 

 fc. Eunolli & Magnus ) inunyut w /3άθ« b-nya τω ew?*sai5''« Μ^^φνψ, Χω,«Λ77 S'lHfyaf^oi ίττ rtlri, 

 ^ofy-umiu. U. ibid. p. 1 141. 3 Ε/θ' (fc. a Portu Eunofti & Cibotij A NiXf'oTnMf ^ li ^αα^^ο* 



« Ωί 71 ixixes ίτλατΗΚ, α/^τη>ή '^^ τν yuiMieim μίχ(ΐ τϊ* 7π)λ»ί "f KiUiaCiy.ns. ibid. p.II4f • ^O^TilC 

 Crypt£ or Catacombs as they arc ufually called, which probably gave Denomination to this 

 Fart of the City, arc mo'ft of them remaining, being little different from thofe that have 

 been defcribed it Latikea, and probably were intended for the lame Ufe, and not for the 

 Reception of Mnmrnies or embalmed Bo'dies, like Thofe at Sakara near Mmphis. 



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