15-0 Geographical Ohfervations 



Geiiah, The Two Lcagues to the E. of Boo-JJjatter, is Gellah, the moft 



Co rIe^ I A. northern and rugged Part of that remarkable Promontory '_, 



p.'ip.B.'p.i?* where T. Cornelius Scifto fixed his Winter Quarters^ and which 



^" became therefore called the Cajlra Cornelia or Corneliana', 



The whole is a narrow Neck of Land, near two Furlongs in 



Breadth ; and continuing, from one End to another, in a mo^ 



derate Elevation, maketh with the Hill that hangeth over 



Boo-pjatter, a beautiful Landskip, in the Figure of a Theatre, 



with the Me-jerdah winding Itfelf through the Midfl. The 



Romans very probably extended Their Encampments all over 



This Promontory, which is more than a League in Length ♦ 



fo that when defar acquainteth us, that the Cajlra Corneliana 



were only at one Mile's Diftance from Utica^ He may be fup- 



pofed to regard that Part of Their Encampments, which was 



the neareft to That City. At prefent the Me-jerdah runs below 



the S. W. as Gellah maketh the N. E. Extremity of this Neck 



of Land : and at a little Diftance from It, on the other Side, 



are the Ruins of Boo-JJjatter, the antient Utica, as hath been 



fuppofed, now fituated feven Miles from the Sea Shore. 



ne Fort of Ncithcr hath Carthage \ the next Place to be defcribed, much 



(lopledfpby better fupported Itfelf againft the Encroachments of theN. E. 



\heK,vn. Winds, and the Me-jerdah \ which, together, have flopped 



up It's antient Harbour, and made It almoft as far diftant from 



the Sea, as Utica. The Place ftill continueth to be called [£"/ 



EiMerfa. Merjo] TheTort, lying to the N. and N. W.of the City; and 



formeth, with the Lake of Tunis, the Teninfula upon which 



Carthage was built. Upon the other Side of the Teninfula, 



City under towards thc S. E. Carthage hath been a lofer to the Sea : for 



Water. . 



in that Direction, near three Furlongs in Length, and half a 

 Furlong or more in Breadth, lyeth under Water. A little to 

 the Northward of thefe Ruins, but to the S. E. oi EiMerfa, are 

 the Traces of a Cothon, fcarce a hundred Yards fquare. This 

 The neit> Fort. Vizs probably tlciQ Neii/ Tort \ which the Carthaginians built, 



I Vid. Not. 2. p. 149. 



2 Inde petit tumulos, exefafque md'ique rupes 



Antsi quti regno, vocat non vana vetufias. &c. « 



Sed majora dedit cogmmlna coUibus ijiis 



Scipio Luc. de Bell. Civ. I.4. 



3 Smn snip i. e. Cmtas Nova. Exc. p. 24. D. unde Kap;^«<&^', x & 3 pcrmutatis, quod 

 Siculum proprium eft, ut notat Salmas. in Solinum. p. 322. 4 Cntbag'iuienfes, porcu novo, 

 (quia vetus a Scipione erat obftrudtus) fafto &c. Liv* Ep. 5:1. 



after 



