Of the Rafter n Province. P7 



The Sei-houfe hath It's Influx into the Sea with the Boo-ne r-^v^t 

 jeemah, lodging in the ilime Manner, Roots, and Trunks a atuf!' '^ 

 of Trees, upon the neighbouring Shore. The low Situation cJp. I'." ^'' 

 of the adjacent Country, and the Inundations confequent there- 

 upon, fufficiently juftify the Etymology which Bochart * hath 

 given us oi Hippo. 



t The Ruins of the antient Hippo are Ipread over the Neck The s;u,atio» 

 of Land, that lyeth betwixt Thefe Rivers ; which, from being hiVpo-'re- 

 near the Banks plain and level, rifeth afterwards to a confi-^'^^ 

 derable Elevation. They are about half a League in Circuit, 

 confifting as ufual, of large broken Walls and Cifterns; fome 

 of which were fhewn by the Moors, who have an Intereft in 

 keeping up fuch a profitable Tradition, for the Convent of St. 

 yiufiin- This City, "w^s called Hippo Regius, not only in Con- 

 tradiftindion to the Hippo Zarytus, but from being one of the 

 Royal Cities of the Numidian Kings. For Silius Italicus * * ac^ 

 quaints us, that it was formerly one of their favourite Seats : 

 and indeed, if a City ftrong and warlike; '^'"'^ commodioufly 

 fituated, as well for Trade and Commerce, as for Hunting and 

 Diverfion ; that enjoyed a healthful Air, and took in, at one 

 View, the Sea, a fpacious Harbour, a Diverfity of Mountains 

 loaded with Trees, and Plains cut through with Rivers, could 

 engage the Affections of the Numidian Kings, Hippo had all 

 This to recommend It. 



The River ^ei-^o/f/g-wafheth the Eaftern Walls o^ Hippo, and J^^^'J^^f^^f 

 is equal to the Boo-berak. The moft diftant Fountains of It^ufe. 

 are at Temlouke and Shaihee, where It is called JVed el Serff: 

 but upon receiving the Water of The \Ain el[^V^^ Trab'\ 

 muddy Fountain, and running a few Leagues to the North- 

 ward, It changeth If s Name to Ze-nati. The ^lleegab joyns 

 It afterwards a little to the Weftward of the Hammam Mes~ 

 kou-teen : and then taking in the Water of The \_Sehba Aiounel. 

 Se'ven Fountains, two Leagues farther, begins to be called 

 Sei-houfe. The \_^in [sh^'] Mylfah^ Cloth Fountain , and the 

 Waters oiHammah afford the next Contributions. Thefe lye, 



* Nee ab equis aut equilibus Hipponem Grxco nomine Pbankes appellalTant Hippo 



nempc a Pbanicibus ubo vel ubbo dici potuit, quia in finu latet. Sinus enim Syris eft N.31>' ubo 

 vel N3J; «Wo etiamut multi fcribunt. 'EtArabUe 3V ubbon tam Stagnum quam Sinum fonar. 



Ggge'ms 2]}li< (alubbo) Sinus, Stagmm. Chan. 1. i. Cap. 24. ** antiquis diledus 



Regibus Hippo. \. 3. v. ayp. *** ^t -mhir HtsfjuiZv i^u^h, SVi ^hAost) xafjS^nr, i^iMfjS^Q- w y Irr- 

 mvtt'(^yKy y^hlci. Froc. Bell. Vand. 1.2. c. 4. 



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