upon the Sea-Coaji of the Summer Circuit. is 7 



Not far from Rhades , is the River Miliana, the CaiadaT^^'^'^^'^'^'^^ 



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probably of Ttolemy\ and about a League farther is Hammdm^-<'-^>n^- 

 Leefy a noted Hot Bath^ very much reforted to by the Citi- 

 zens of Tunis. Two Leagues from Hammam Leef, near tije 

 Bottom of the Gulph, we pafs by the fmall Town of Sofyymifi, Soiymau. 

 lituated upon the Skirts of a fine Plain, with a River, at two 

 Miles Diftance, on each Side of It. This Place is chiefly inhabited 

 hY^ndalufmn Moors, who are more civilized than theirBrethren, 

 being courteous toCbrifiians,^nd retaining the aS^/?;^//?? Language. 



t Two Leagues to the N. E. of Solyman^ is Mo-rmfah, the Mc-raifah , 

 Maxula perhaps of Ttolemy and other Authors. Here are fe- kC p."^" lx 

 veral broken Cifterns, befides a fmall Harbour, i&.?> Moral [aldr,\'X\'^'^'' ' 

 (corruptly probably for A/er/^,) may denote. The Shore, which 

 from the Guletta, all along by Rhades, Hammam Leef, and 

 Solyman, is low and fandy, begins at This Place to be very 

 rugged and mountainous : in which Situation, two Leagues far- 

 ther, we fall in with the Creek of (//^r^o^, ox Hammam G who s Curbos, The 



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the antient t Carpis, where there is a Hot Bath and fome Ruins, exc. p. iV 

 Thefe are the Ca/idte yiquce oi Lhy', which He veryjuftly "''"" 

 placeth over againft Carthage ; and at the fame Time acquaint- 

 eth us that feveral Veffels, belonging to the Fleet of Ocia'vius 

 were fhipwracked at This Place. Three Leagues to the North- 

 ward of Gurhos, we pafs by a very high and russed Head Land, Promomo- 



f ^ f . ymm Her- 



the Tromontor'mm Herculis of the Antients. There is a frnall^"''^- 

 Bay to the Eaftward of It, where the fVed elAbeyde difcharg- wed ei 

 eth Itfelf into the Sea. ^'^^^^^' 



t TheSandtuary oi Seedy 'Boude, furrounded with the Ruins seedyDoude, 

 of the antient N'tfua or Mijua, is five Leagues to the E. N. E. or misu^^a^ 

 of the Promontory of Hercules. It hath This Name in Honour ^'''' '^"^' 

 o^Damd, (or Doude, as They pronounce It,) a MooriJJj Saint, 

 whofe Sepulchre, (as They pretend to Ihew It,) is five Yards 

 long. But This venerable Stru6ture appears to be nothing 

 more than a Fragment of fome Roman Trtetorium : becaufe hard 

 by It, there are three contiguous Mofakk Pavements, all of^^^ohick 

 Them wrought with the greateft Symmetry and Exadtnefs. 

 Befides the general Contrail andDefign, (which is executed with 

 all the artfiil Wreathings and Variety of Colours imaginable,) 



1 Ipfe (Cn. Oilavius) cum roftratis per adverfos fludlus ingcnti remigum labore cnixus, 

 Apollms Promontorium renuit ; onorariae pars maxima ad Aegimurum, — alia adverfus iirbem 

 ipfam ad C<i//(i4x /f^ttdj delacje funt. Ziiv. l-jo. ?. 24. 



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