upon the Sea-Coaft of the Summer Circuit. 1 4.5* 



from the Southward, (whereby the Water is blown away from 

 the Coaft of Barbary) or when any confiderable Rains have 

 fallen in the Parts adjacent to this Lake ; (whereby It receiv- 

 eth a greater Supply of Water than is expended in Vapour) 

 then, on the contrary, the Lake emptieth Itfelf into the Sea. 



The Channel of Communication betwixt the Lake and the Ue Port. 

 Sea, is the Port of Hippo, which ftill receiveth fmall VefTels *, 

 though it mull have formerly been the fafefl as well as the 

 moft beautiful Haven upon the Coaft. There are ftill remain- 

 ing the Traces of a large Peer, that was carried out a long 

 Way into the Sea, to break off the N. E. Winds ; the Want 

 whereof, together with the great Averfion the Turks have to 

 Repairs, will in a lliort Time demolifli a Haven, that, in any 

 other Country, w^ould be ineftimable. 



ScylaXj in His Defcription of This City, calls It only Hippo, £.«. p. 4. c. 

 and at the fame Time takes Notice of the Lake upon which It 

 is Situated. Diodoriis" relateth the fame Circumftance, but 

 giveth the Name of Hippouacra to It, in regard perhaps to the 

 neighbouring Promontory. By the Dire6lion ofScipio's Marches 

 from the Trom,ontoriiim Tulchrum to Utica , there is Room 

 to conjecture, that This fliould likewife be the Rich anonymous 

 Town mentioned by Livj/\ And indeed provided the Tm^ks 

 were proper Encouragers of Trade and Induftry, no Place 

 could lay a better Claim to That Title than Bizerta ; inafmuch 

 as It abounds with Filh and Fruit of all Kinds, with Corn, 

 Pulfe, Oyl, Cotton, and a Variety of other Productions. 



The Gulph of Bizerta, the Sinus Hipponenfis of the Antients, The sinus 

 is a beautiful fandy Inlet, near four Leagues in Diameter. The ^'^"o^^n- 

 Bottom of It is low, permitting the Eye to penetrate through 

 fome delightful Groves and Plantations of Olive Trees, a 

 great way into the Country. But our Profpeft afterwards is 

 bounded by a high rocky Shore, reaching as far as Cape Ziheeh ; Cape zi- 

 a Place fo called from the great Quantity of [c^<v-?;] Railins that ''^^''' 

 are made upon It. The eaftern Extremity is remarkable for 

 theWhitenefs of If s Cliffs, and for having the Til-loe, (as They r,&, Pii-ioe. 

 call) a high pointed Rock, in the Shape of Their favourite Difli 

 of That Name, which is placed below It. 



Diod. Sic. J. 20. 2,Scipio (expofitis apud Promontorium Pulch.am copijs) non agros modo 

 circa vallavit, fed mbem etiam proximam Afrorum fatis opulenuvi cepit, Liv. 1. 29. ^.zS. 



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