^8 Geographical Ohferi^ations upon the Sea-Coaji 



an Inhabitant. Ttolemjs Canuccis, the Gtmugi or Gunugics of 

 Tliny and the Itinerary^ anfwers to This Place. 



RaseiTerfF. A Neck of Land, projecting Itfelf from Thefe Ruins into the 

 Sea, forms the Ras el Terff\ betwixt which and Sber/ljell there 

 is a Bay of a moderate Depth. At the Bottom of It, is the 



TkMxu Mouth of the Teffert, a River of no great Confequence in 

 Summer, but deep, rapid and dangerous to be forded in the 

 Winter Seafon. Edri/i\ (unlefs He calculates, contrary to His 

 ufual Method, from E. toW.) makes His River Sekf h\\ in 

 Here, or at Tnifs ; and Ttolemy \ by placing His lo/ Ccefarea 

 lo'. only to the Eaftward of the Chmelaph, feems to confirm 

 it ; though the Tradition of the fame Name, down to This Age, 

 will, I prefume, fufficiently authorize the Pofition that hath 

 been already given to It at Jihhel T>ifs. 



sher-nicii. f Y\NQ Miles from the Tefsert, and nine from Bresk^ is the 

 City oi Sher-poellj in great Reputation for making Steel, earthen 

 VelTels, and fuch Iron- Ware as are in Demand among the neigh- 

 bouring Kahyles and Arabs. It is a CoUedlion of low tiled Houfes 

 of a Mile in Circuit; but was formerly much larger', and a 

 Seat of one of the petty Kings of This Country. What we fee. 

 of It at prefent, is lituated upon the lower Part of the Ruins 

 of a large City, not much inferiour to Carthage for Extent ; and 

 we may conceive no fmall Opinion likewife of It's former Ma- 

 gnificence, from the fine Pillars, Capitals, capacious Ciftern3> 

 and beautiful Mojaic Pavements that are ftill remaining. 



S^^^*^" '^^^ Water of the River HaJJjem ( according to the prefent 

 Name,) was conducted hither through a large and fumptuous 

 Aquedud, little inferiour to that of Carthage in the Height and 

 Strength of It's Arches ; feveral of the Fragments, fcattered 

 amongft the neighbouring Mountains and Valleys to the S. E. 

 continue to be fo many inconteftable Proofs of the Grandeur 

 and Beauty of the Work. There are befides two other Con- 

 duits, brought from the Mountains to the S. and S.W. Thele 

 ftill fubfift, and, furnilhing Sher-JJoell with excellent Water, (for 

 That of the Wells is brackifh) may be confidered as two inefti- 

 mable Legacies of the Antients. 

 The Strength Nothing ccrtainly could have been better contrived, for 



and Beauty of a j -' 



th» Situation. Strength and Beauty, than the antient Situation of This City. 



I Ab Infulis y^//w»M4w ad Oftium fluminis Selef x\Ji M.P. Geog. Nub. p.Sf. 2 Exc. p.p. 

 D.E. 3 Serfel maximum, atque ampliflimum eft oppidum i Romanis ad mare Mediterra- 

 ncum «dificatum: continec in circuitu Milliaria plus minus oi.^o. J. Leo. p. f8. 



