upon the Sea-Coaft of the Summer Circuit. 155 



whilft, to the E. and N. E. the whole Extent of the Capes 

 Carthage and Cormnart, to the Diftance of one, fometimes two 

 Furlongs from the Sea Shore, do not appear to have been ever 

 included in the City. If we may be then permitted to calculate 

 the Extent of the antient Carthage from thefe Circumftances, 

 fifteen Miles, I prefume, will be fufficient to circurnfcribe It. 



Adjoyning to the Greater Cifterns, we fee the firft Ruins o^TheA^uedua. 

 the antient and celebrated ' Aqueduct, which may be traced, as 

 far as Zow-wan, and Zung-gar, to the Diftance of at leaft fifty 

 Miles. It hath been a work of extraordinary Labour and Ex- 

 pence ; and that Portion of It, which runs along the Teninfula, 

 was beautifully faced with hewn Stone. At yirri-ana, a little 

 Village two Leagues to the Northward of Tunis, feveral of 

 thefe Arches are entire , which I found to be feventy Foot 

 high. The Columns which fupported Them, were fixteen 

 Foot fquare. The Water-Channel lyeth above thefe Arches, 

 being vaulted over, and plaiftered with a ftrong Cement. An 

 ordinary fized Perfon may walk upright in It ; and at certain 

 Diftances, there are Holes left open, as well for the Admiffion 

 of frefli Air, as for the Conveniency of cleanfing It. The Wa- 

 ter Mark, is near three Foot high ; but to determine the Quan- 

 tity that was dayly conveyed to Carthage by This Channel, It 

 would be neceflary to know what Angle of Defcent there was 

 given to It ; which, from the many Breaches, fometimes for 

 the Space of three or four Miles together, I had no Method to 

 determine. 



There was a Temple ere6led, both at Zow-wan and Zung-gar , Temples erea- 

 over the Fountains which fupplyed This Aquedud with Water. f.JZZs/^' 

 That at Zung-gar, which, by the Ornaments, appears to have 

 been of the Corinthian Order', ends very beautifully in a 

 Dome, where there are three Nitches, leaning immediately 

 over the Fountain. Thefe might probably receive fo many 

 Statues of Water Nymphs or other Deities'. Upon theFrize 

 of the Portal we have This broken Infcription. 



I Tiy'<t^S^lCll Tt Kof^S'iyQ- ay^su, tbk 7t OXETON d^io^ctnv oinu J)tiMV, of If r Ttlhiv ti(niyi Tt uJiis^. 

 Procop. B. Vand. 1. 4. c. i. 2 Veneri, Flora, Proferpina fontium Nyraphis Corintbio genere 

 conftitutse sedes, aptas videbatitur habere proprietates, quod his Diis propter tenericatem gra- 

 ciliata & florida foliis & volutis ornatu opera fafta augere videbantur juftum decorem. 

 Vitr. 1. 1, c. 2. 3 Such as -were Hercules, Minerva znd Diana. Herculi (fontium prajidi) 

 Sacrum. Fabrett. Infcript. Cap. 4. N°. 170. n^ 3 iw-nf (wmv®' lirin)^\m) isiv HpixAw®' 

 xaXK/wV" KjlwM, 71 w</!iip (tfs o« T^t^lwm htywiv^ avau^vnt HpaxAeiif. Pauf. in Corinth. Minerva 

 if' p.) Sacrxtm. Fabrett. Infcrip. N''.49f. Diana (f-p-) Sacrum. Zrf. N". 49(J. 



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