24 Geographical Ohjervations upon the Sea-Coaji 



only be nine, inftead of twenty three, as They are recorded in 

 the Itinerary. 

 ^i^'P^'^"^ With Regard to the Tortus Dhini, there are other Difficul- 

 rn^r/yp/^ccj t'lQ^^ For, if the Antients thereby intend one Place only, it 

 ptukniy. will then be impomble to reconcile the contrary Situations, 

 that Straho and Ttolemy have given It, with Refpe6l to the 

 Great Tort. And, if They are in the Order of the Itinerary, 

 and more than One, then, as They can be no other, than the 

 two Bays at the Ras el Harpj-fa, fo, if the Calculation is begun 

 even from the wellermoft of Them, the Diftance, we find, of 

 twenty Miles only, between That and the Great Tort, will fall 

 valtly fliort of the thirty lix allowed for It in the Itinerary. 

 Though indeed, as Cellar tus,' hath in fome Meafure obferved 

 before me, Straho in placing His Tortus Deorum fix hundred 

 Furlongs to the Eaftward of the City Siga, fixes the Pofition 

 of It near This Place. 

 TAfPoRTus But, notwithftanding what is here laid down by 5/r^^o; and 

 fame 'irolatiy that Vcflels of all Kluds may lye covered, in one or other of 

 ""'''^^°''Thefe Ports, from the N.W. and N.E. Winds, (the fierceft in^ 

 deed, and the moft common upon Thefe Seas ) yet unlefs the 

 Terms Dimni ^ T>eorum were impofed accidentally, ( upon 

 fome fuch like Occalion, we will fuppofe, as the late fortunate 

 Defcent of the Spaniards) rather than in Confideration of Their 

 Goodnefs and Capacity ; fuch lofty Names plead ftrongly againft 

 us, and fliould induce us to believe the Antients intended fome 

 other Stations more fafe and commodious. May we not then 

 take the Tartu's Di'vini (provided they were Two) to be only- 

 other Names for the Tortus Magmi^s, and the Port of Arfe^ 

 7iaria} This, for the ®e«» Ai;*f«J of P/o/6';;?;'; the Other, as lying 

 more to the Weftward, for the ©e«» Ai/ttltt) oi Straho} Their re- 

 fpe6live Situations anfwer well enough to fuch Pofitions, and 

 the Harbours Themfelves bid the faireft for fuch high Appel- 

 lations. 



Five Miles to the S.E. of the Great Tort, and fifty four to 

 the N.N. E. oiTlemjan % is IVarran ^, commonly called Or an, a 



I Q^od ad Div'nios Partus attinet, valde vercor, ne fint quem Ptolemsus Deorum portum 

 adpcllac. Nam & Strabo Deorum Portth meminit Icxcentis Stadiis ^ S'lga diftantis, qui fitus 

 magis cum divinis Itinerarii Portubus convcnit, quam cum Deorum portu Ptolemi't. Unde 

 iiidicaic poflis, nomina hacc cundem portum fignific^fTe, ab alterutro autem auftore fuifle 

 tranrpofita, ut alter circa Portum 7naguum, alter ultra ilium locaverit. Cell. Geogr. Antiq. 

 1.4. c. (5. 2 Wab ar an abed )i Teleitfmo o{iog\ntami\li3nz. Abulf. ut (upn. Orariia iiTelenfwo 

 centum & quadraginta diftat milliaria. J. Leo. p. 198. 3 Oranum variis nominibus vocatur 



TUS Ma- 

 gnus aj/d 

 the Port of 

 Arfcnaria. 



Wan an or 

 Oran. 



