i6^ 



Faradeefe, 



The Vene- 

 RIA , Exc. 

 p. 14. B. or 

 AriiRODi- 

 siUM. Exc. 

 P.13.D. 



Sel-loome. 



Al Aleah, 

 The CoTU- 



ZA. 



Geographical Obfervations 



A little nearer Ha?nam-et, are the Ruins of a Port formerly 

 belonging to Faradeeje^ an old Roman City, fituated, at a few 

 Miles Diftance, upon the N. W. fide of This Plain. I was in- 

 formed, that a Century ago, the Farade/ians were the greateft 

 Cruifers and the moft experienced Mariners of This Country ; 

 but that the greater Increafe of Trade, and the more Conve- 

 niences for Navigation at Hamam-et, had, of late Years, drawn 

 thither all the Inhabitants. This may be the Veneria of Solwus \ 

 or rather, from an Affinity in Name, the ^nticnt ^pbrodi/ium, 

 placed by Ttolemy in the fame Latitude, but more to the Weft- 

 ward than Adrumetum. 



About the middle of This Plain, there is an hemifpherical 

 Hillock, called Sel-loome, made by the Ruins of fome antient 

 Caftle or Village. Two Leagues farther, not far from the 

 Sea Shore, we have, for the fpace of a Furlong, a Piece of deep 

 marfliy Ground, through which a large adjacent Lake difcharg- 

 eth Itfelf into the Sea. There was formerly a Bridge, with a 

 Caufeway, very conveniently carried along the whole Length 

 of This Morafs ; which, in all probability, was the maritime 

 Boundary betwixt the Zeugitana and Bizacium. 



CHAP. III. 



Of the mofl remarkable Places in the Inland Country of the 

 Zeugitana, or Summer Circuit. 



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TH E moft northern City of Note, that I have met with 

 in the Zeugitana, is yil Aleah, fituated upon the De- 

 clivity of a Hill, at the half Way nearly betwixt Bizerta and 

 Torto Far ma. It was formerly known by the Name of Cotuza, 

 as we may colle6t from This broken Infcription. 



REIPVBLICAE SPLENDI 



DISSIMAE COTVZAE SACR^ 

 VALERIVS lANVARIVS. 



Thimida 



