upon the Sea-Coaft of the Simmer Circuit. 1 5-5- 



common Shores of Tunis, the main Channel of It, in Summer 

 Time , is reduced to fix or feven Foot Depth of Water • 

 whilft the reft of It , for the fpace of a Mile or more within 

 the Banks, becometh dry and naufeous. The Profpe6t of This 

 Lake, receiveth no fmall Beauty from the many Flocks of the 

 Flamant, or Thi^ni copter us, that frequent It. It is no lefs fa- 

 mous for the Number and Largenefs of It's Mullet?, efteemed 

 to be the fweeteft upon the Coaft of Barhary. The Roe, after 

 being prefted and dryed, is accounted a great Delicacy , and 

 known by the Name of Bo-targo '. 



Tunis, the Tunes of the Antients, and the Capital of This ^^^^.^ ^^^ 

 Kingdom, is the greateft Part of It fituated upon a rifingTuNEs. 

 Ground, along the weftern Banks of this Lake, in a full Profpedt 

 (as the Antients have defcribed It',) oixho-Guletta, Carthage ^ 

 and the Hand Zowa-moore. Dtodorus Siculus calls It [aetkon 

 ttneta] It^hite Tunis, perhaps from the chalky Cliffs that 

 appear round about It, in viewing It from the Sea. The many 

 Lakes and Marilies that furround this City, might probably 

 render the Situation of It lefs healthy, w^ere not thefe Incon- 

 veniences in fome Meafure corrected by the great Quantity of 

 Maftick, Myrtle, Rofemary, and other gummy and aromatick 

 Plants, that are daily ufed in the heating of Their Ovens and 

 Bagnios, and which frequently communicate to the Air a fen- 

 lible Fragrancy. The want of Water is another Complaint of 

 the Tunifeens \ who, from the Brackifhnefs of their Well Wa- 

 ter, and the Scarcity of Cifterns, are obliged to fetch a great 

 Part of what They drink from Bar do , and other Places at 

 a Miles Diftance. If we except This Inconvenience, no Place 

 enjoys a greater Plenty of all the necelTaries of Life. 



The Tunifeens, are the moft civiUzed Nation of Barhary. 

 They have very little of that infolent and haughty Behaviour, kL?aZ 

 which is too common at Algiers. All Affairs likewife with''*''^^"'^^^ 

 the Regency are tranfadled in fuch a friendly complaifant 

 Manner, that it was no fmall Pleafure to attend M^. Conful 

 Lawrence at His Audiences. This Nation, which for many 

 Years hath been more intent upon Trade and the Improvements 

 of Their Manufactures, than upon Plunder and Cruifing, hath 

 always had the Charadler and Reputation, not of living like 



I Eotixrge fiunt ex ovis Cephali (Laciqi mugilem dicunt) expolitis fc. in duabus veficis, 

 cruore cjuidem pifcis & fale adhibito. Recentioribus corrupto vcibo Botarcba vocantur, 

 quafi dicas, m-iiuy^ \. e. ova falita. G. Fanciroll. de Nov. Repert. Tit. ult. 2 Vid. 

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