Of the Wefiern Province. 



is fituated upon the mountainous Part of the Sea Coaft, feven 

 Miles to the E. hj S. of Tefeffad. According to the Difco- 

 veries hitherto made. It is a folid and compact Edifice; built, 

 in the following Manner, with the fineft Free Stone. The 

 Height I computed to be a hundred Foot, and the 'Diameter of 

 the Ba/is ninety. 



45' 



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3. 



The Figure of this Structure and the received Opinion of It's^rMaitapafy. 

 being eretled over a large Treafure, might induce the Turks 

 to call It MaltapaJ) [ The Treafure of the Sugar Loaf.'] The 

 Point is now wanting; and, by the frequent Searches after This 

 Treafure, feveral other Parts of It are broken down and defaced. 

 However, It is ftill of a fufficient Height to be a convenient 

 Landmark for Mariners. 



The Kuhher Romeah fhould be the fame Stru6lure, that Mar- The Monu- 

 mor informeth us to have been built over the Daughter of commune 

 Count Julian, in the City T/^^i^^;?^: thou^ Tignident, pro-ns.fivr.p.'is" 

 vided It be the Tigadempt of other Authors, is an Inland-City, "^' * 

 at a great Diftance to the S. W. neither are there at This Place 

 the leaft Traces to be met with of fuch Temples and other Edi- 

 fices, as are, at the fame Time, taken Notice of by our Author. 

 We may rather, in Confideration of the Elegancy oftheWork- 

 manfhip, and the Beauty of the Materials, fuppofe It much older 

 than the Mahometan Conquefts ; and to be the fame Monument, ^ 

 that Mela placing betwixt lol and Icofmm, appropriateth to the 

 RoyalVamily of the Numidian Kings. Sepulchres of this Kind, 



* Tigndent{o\x ville vieille) eft en une Baye que fait la mer, cntre le Port qu' on nomnie du 

 Mont de ^ey^d et celuy des Caflines. Elle eft celebre dans 1' Hiftoiie Rornaiiie fous le nom de 

 Cefaree. II refte toutcfois fus pied deux anciens Temples, ou V on facrifioit aux Idoles; en 1' 

 un defquels il y a un dome fort haut, que les Maures appellcnt Cobonunna, ou fcpulchre de 

 Romain, & les Chreftiens par corruption Cabaromia, ou ils difent qu' eft cntcrre la fille du 

 Comte Jul'ien. Elle eft fur une haute terre qui entrc dans la mer: il n'y avoit point d' autre 

 ville maritime en cette Province & nous n' avons trouve le nom de Cefaree que dans Aben 

 Raqu'tq. L' Afr'ique de Marmol. 1. j. c. 34. 



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