upon the Sea-Co aft of the Summer Circuit. 1 4.9 



far to the Eaftward, even for Carthage, much more for Utica; 

 which, lying in the Road betwixt Hippozarpus and Carthage^ 

 may undoubtedly be prefumed to incline towards the N. W. 

 Laying afide therefore this Authority, let us examine the other 

 Geographical Circumftanccs that are left us of this City by the 

 Antients. 



As then all of Them agree, that Utica was a maritime City, utica, ^;;/- 

 fituated betwixt G?r//7^^<:^ and the Promontory oi Apollo, ^QiiiUch^T'' 

 are to fearch for It fome where or other upon the interjacent 

 Sea Coalt. But at prefent there are no Ruins at all to be met 

 with in This Situation: there is no Eminence ', under which 

 Vt'ica was built ; there is no Promontory % which lay at a fmall 

 Diltance to the E. or N. E. and formed the Harbour: the 

 whole Extent of Shore, from Gzr//;^^^ to the iViV/Vr^^^^/;, lying 

 in a femicircular Form ; and the Land for fome Miles behind 

 It, being very fmooth and level. Utica therefore cannot be 

 found upon the Sea Coaft, as It is formed at prefent, by any of 

 thofe Tokens and Charaderilticks that are left us of It in the old 

 Geography. 



But if the Ground to the Breadth of three or four Miles a""* "'A^^* 

 from the Sea Shore, fliould be a Gift from the Sea, occafionedKT """ 

 by the eafterly Winds, and the copious Addition of Mud, left 

 every Inundation by the Me-jerdah ; if This River, by frequent- 

 ly fliifting It's Channel , took at laft the Advantage of the 

 Lake ' betwixt Utica and the Caflra Cornelia, and forced Itfelf 

 that Way into the Sea; then we may very juftly place It at 

 Boo-pjatter ; where, belides the Eminence taken Notice of by 

 Livy, we have a great Variety of old Walls, a large Aqueduct, 

 Cifterns to receive the Water, and other Traces of Buildings 

 of great Extent and Magnificence. Thefe Ruins lye about 

 twenty feven Roman Miles from Carthage^ as the Diltance is 

 recorded in the Itinerary \ and behind them, towards the S. W: 

 we are entertained with a View of the Large Fields\ which 

 the Romans have made famous by their military Exploits. 



1 Imminente prope ipfis mxnibus {Vticx.) tumulo. Liv. I. 29. 5- jf. 2 Scipio Caftra 

 hyberna in promontorio quod teniy jugo continent! adhserens, in aliquantum maris fpatium 

 extenditur, communit. W. ibid. Id autem (D/?m Corw/i^H^) eft jugum diredum, eminens 

 in mare, utraquc ex parte pra^ruptum atquc afpcrum, fed paullo tamen leniore faftigio ab 

 ca parte qux ad Vt'icam vergit. Abcft diredo itinere ab Vt'ica, paullo amplius pafluum mille : 

 fed hoc itinere ell: fons, quo marc fuccedit ; huge lateque is locus reftagnat ; quern fi quis 

 vitare voluerir, vi millium circuitu in oppidum pervcnict. O/. Bdl. Civ. J. 2. 5> 22. 

 3 Vid. Not. ult. 4 Magni Campi. Liy. 1. 30. 5- 8. 



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