The?romor.. ^^^ makcth thc weftern Point (as Cape Bon or Ras-addar, the 

 linis. £xf. p. 'pyQ^Q^forium Mercurij, at eleven Leagues Diftance, doth the 



JJ.5 Geographical Ohfervations 



^.cani.T/.* Four Leagues to the N.N.W. of the Til-loe, in the Mid- 



Exfl'pa^'B. way nearly to Cape Blanco, we have the Cam, two little flat 



contiguous Iflands, the 'Dracontia probably of Ttolemy, where 



the Italian Row Boats lye frequently in Wait for the Tunifeens. 



CapeZibeeb, Cape Zibceb is the Tromoniorium Apollinis of the Antients, 



The Promon- _ . ~ ,^ _ 



toriumApol- 

 linis. Exc. 

 13. C. &i 



Eaftern) of the Sinus Alter of Zeugitana, (as TUny Stiles it) 



•ffeGuiph of or the Gulph o^ Tunis, according to the prefent Name. Zowa- 



zowamoore moove, the Zimbra of our Sea Charts and the ^gimuriis of the 



r^.lTiMi-Antients, lyeth betwixt Thefe Promontories, but nearer the 



fy^.'B.^p.'^*. Latter, in the very Mouth of the Gulph'; which, being of a 



E. p.i8. B.£)gp^.j^ ^Q^A to the Breadth, might very juftly be named by 



jEn.u\.i6i. p^trgil , a long Recefs. The Ifland Gamelora is a little Way 



i?ra. ^'^^' from Cape Ziheeb to the Eaft ; and four Miles to the Weft- 



Porto Fari- watd, withlu thc Cape, is Torto Farina, called, from an Antient 



uZS^rfe Salt-Work hard by It, [Gar [>^] el MailaJj] The Cave of Salt, 



RusciNo- ^^ ^^^ Inhabitants. Both This Place and Bizerta have been 



miftaken by feveral Geographers and Hiftorians^ for Utica^^ 



whereas It feems to be the Port, whither the Carthaginian 



Fleet retired, the Night before They engaged with Scipio near 



Utica. Z.z'ivj' calls It, from \h& Africans, Rufcinona ', a Word 



doubtlefs of Thcenician Extra6lion ; and as the Firft Part of 



It very well anfwereth to the Situation ; the Latter, I prefume, 



may be of the like Import with the prefent Name, denoting 



probably the great Quantities of Corn and Provilions, that were 



fhipped off from This Place. 



Tht Cothon. Torto Farina was fome Years ago a conliderable City , but 



lyeth under great Difcouragements at prefent , being chiefly 



remarkable for It's beautiful Cothon, where the Tunifeens have 



their Navy. This Place is fafe in all Accidents of Weather, 



and opens into a large navigable Pond , formed by the River 



The Me-jer- Mc-jerdah, which at prefent difchargeth Itfelf this Way into 



GRADA.Exf. t"^ bea. 



K'-^'il^i. The Me-jerdah is the Bagrada fo famous in Hiftory ; parti- 

 ^ii.A.p.jo. cularly for the monftrous Serpent, that is reported to have been 



I ^^«m«r«j Infula finum ab alto claudlt, in quo fita eft Carthago, xsx ferme milJia 



ab Urbe. Ltv. L. xxx. ?• 24- 2 Utica hodie Farins Portus. Thiian. 1. 7. p. doj. Claflls 

 Carthagimenfis fub occafum foHs fegni navigatione in Portum {Rufc'inonam Afrl vocant) clafTcra 

 appulere. Dv. L. xxx. 5- 10. 3 t^jlls U^KT f. Premontorlum Anmm vel Frumenti ut 

 /InnonA forfan fignificet. Vid. Buxt. Lex. Rab. 



killed 



