no Geographical Objervations in the Inland Country 



, ^ lowing Infcription, by the latter Part of which we may fix the 



T/?-? Diana. "^^^.-^ i-r»i 



Exc. p.a(j. F. Tjiana of the Itinerary at this Place. 



IMP. CAES. M. SEVERO. PIO. FELICI. AVG. PONT. MAX. TRI. POT. PRO- 

 VIDENTISSIMO. ET SANCTISSIMO. PRINCIPI. ET ANTONINO. NOBILISSI- 

 MO. CAESARI. PRINCIPI. lUVENTUTIS. DIANENSIUM. EX DECRETO. 

 D. D. P. P. 



Medraniem. Five Lea-gucs to the E. of Tagou-zalnahy upon the Northern 

 Skirts of y'lhhel Aurefs, we have a very remarkable fepulchral 

 Monument^ iituated betwixt two Eminences. It goes by the 

 Name oiMedrafljemy oxMair Capjem, [The Treafure ofCa/]jem~\ 

 being nearly of the fame Faihion with That of the Kuhher 

 Rome ah , but differeth in being larger , and in having the 

 Cornilh of the Baje fupported with Tufcan-hkQ Pilafters. The 

 y4rahs imagine, as They do with Regard to other large Piles, that 

 an immenfe Treafure lyeth buried beneath It ; and have there- 

 fore made the like Attempts, as ^itxho. Kuhher Rome ah, to lay 

 It open. 



Tkepipriaof The Diftrift in the Neighbourhood of This Maufoleum, is 

 i-7ac-coute q^\\q^ ^i.y^c-coute\ probably from TJje \_Am [^y^-] Tac-coute ' ] 

 Tiiamond (or tranfparent) Fountain, that lyeth near the middle 

 of It. Several Fragments oi Roman high ways, and other 

 Ruins, are fcattered all over It, whereof thofe of Om-oley 

 Sinaah, a League or more to theWeftward oi Medrajhem, in 

 the Way to Tagou-zainah, are the moft noted. 



Tatrubr, The Tattuht , borderiug upon the At-yac-coute to the N. E. is 



£x^?p.IJ.G. about four Leagues from Om-oley Sinaah , and eight to the 

 S. S. W. of Conjlantina. This hath been formerly a confidera- 

 ble City, but is at prefent almoft entirely covered with Earth 

 and Rubbifli. Haffan, the prefent Bey of This Province, dug up 

 lately out of thefe Ruins , feveral beautiful Granite Pillars, 

 all of Them intire and of the fame Bignefs, They are about 

 twelve Foot long, and may juftly be reputed the moft grace- 

 ful Ornaments of the new Mofque, which he hath ereded, at 



1 This ts the tiftial Name for the Diamond in the feveralPlaces, loth of the Levant and Barbary, 

 ■where J have been. The HOOF Zakoukit i« tJje B eoi^ of ] oh (28. 17.) feems to be the fame ; 

 and, being there joyned with Things of the greatefl Price, inay perhaps be much better rendred the 

 Diamond than Chryftal, as It is in our Tranjlation. However Golius and otinrs interpret It dif- 

 ferently, viz. Voce hac Orienti diverfae appellanwr gemmse: Siquidem Hyacinthi fux 

 fpecies quatuor numerat ; rubram, flavam, cxruleam & albam. Atque ita quoque .S4/'/)/;ir«j 

 & Onjfel'uhus. Abfolute tamen inteJligitur Nyacinthus rubra ; qui lapis vulgo Kubinus dici- 

 rur. Vid. Gol. in voce v:y«.»\.i. 



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