n a 



barren Situa- 

 tion. 



Of the Southern Trovince. 8 1 



Circuit, being fltuated in a diredl Line, eight Leagues to the 

 S. W. of Jurjura, the Mons Ferratus ; fifteen to the S. E. of 

 y^lgiers, the Icofimn ; twenty four to the S. R hy E. of Sher- 

 Jhell, the lol Cafarea ; and twenty one to the W. of Seteef 

 the Sitifi of the Antients. 



Tacitus ' hath left usa very juftDefcription of this Place. For Auzia, / 

 Auzia hath been built upon a fmall Plat of level Ground, every 

 way furrounded with fuch an unpleafant Mixture of naked 

 Rocks, and barren Forrefts, that I don't remember to have 

 met with a more melancholy Situation. Menander, as He is 

 quoted by Jofephus % mentions an African City of This 

 Name, built by Ithobaaly the Tyrian : though Bochart ^ feems 

 to doubt, whether the Thcenicians were at all acquainted with 

 the Inland Parts oi Africa. Yet provided we could rely upon 

 the Tradition recorded by Trocopius\ that a Number of 

 Canaanites ^cd horn yq/Jjua into the weftermoft Parts of v^r/V^^ 

 (fome of which, upon fuchaSuppofition, might have refted at 

 this Place) noftrongObjedtion, Iprefume, can be urged againft 

 theRuggednefsof the Situation, inafmuch as fuch an one, from 

 the very Nature of It, would not only be the propereft for the 

 firft Settlement of a Colony, but for the future Safety and Se- 

 curity of It. Due Regard might have been had to This Cir- 

 cumftance in the founding ofCapfa, Feriana, and other Cities of 

 ^frica\ whofe Founders muft otherwife be fuppofed to have 

 made an improper Choice, provided They were guided by any 

 other Confiderations than the natural Strength of the Situa- 

 tion. 



I Ncc muko port adfertur Niimidas apud Caftellum fcmirutum, ab ipfis quondam 

 inccnlum, cui nomcn Auzca, pofitis mapalibus confedifTe fifos loco, quia valb's circum 

 Saltibus claudebatur. 7'aclt. Annal. 1. 4. 2 oSx®- [Ithobalus] -nihiy BoTfuv h-ntn liw &rn <i«o/m>> 

 1^ AJ^etTite (vcl disjundis vocibus AJ^a •All') h A/SuV. Je[. Antiq. JuA. 1. 8. c. 7. ? Sed Medi- 

 terranea hsc oppida, tot millibus a P/jiCKJcc diifita non videntur quicquam habere commune 

 cum Auza Ithobali. Boch. Chan. I.i. c. 24. 4 EvToSSa (h tb ioivinn) ^y.ljj-n t^vx m^uaw^eaTti-rtTt, 

 rspj^traio/ 71 y.au liCxctaoi, kcu ct>X« etTJix ovojuaia iy^vTU, oU cAi oj'jra « <rlij' iCfoJav 'i^e'ia xaA«. Oi/T®' ^aof 



pi*(7w 'itS^a p^rapoy tfJVvtt trp'Knr hjuioy mty.iiaa.2Ki ii^vrtft i'Trei if hiyi-Ba •rnhvtu'bpa'ma U ■xateui 5v h A;CJJuj 

 esa'iwio', -rmMii te o'lKijoj/nf voi^as, ^juTntaiw AiCuny f^XS' stiAot ■^ UfatXitK 'iypr, hwZ^i 71 lu ir eul tiT 

 iuuKcoy t^vK y^^df^ot ^kIwpu. &c. Procop. de Bill. VttnA.il. !. 2. c. ic. 



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