i66 Geographical Oifervations in the Inland Country 



dering the Expedition wherewith It was performed, will very 

 well agree with the Diftance of fifty Miles, that Bay-jah lyeth 

 from Utica , where Metellus was at that Time ftationed. I 

 know no other Circumftances in the antient Hiftory of This 

 Country, that give us any further Information concerning the 

 Geography of This City; for Ttolemy\ Vaga^ lying among the 

 Cirtejij, cannot be the Place ; and the Reafon perhaps why It 

 is not taken Notice of in the Itinerary, or in Teutinger\ Tables, 

 may be, becaufe It was fituated at a Diftance from the Great 

 Road that lead from Carthage, either to Numidiaox Bizacium. 

 ^reltTradf Baj-jah kceps up the Chara6ter , that Sallufi giveth us of 

 His Vacca, of being a Town of great Trade, and the chief 

 Mart for Corn in the whole Kingdom. In the Plains particu- 

 larly oi Buf'dera, which lye below It along the Banks of the 

 Me-jerdah, there is kept every Summer a publick Fair, fre- 

 quented by the moft diftant Arahian Tribes ; who refort hi- 

 ther, at that Time, with their Flocks and Families. The prefent 

 City is built upon the Declivity of a Hill, with the Conveni- 

 ency of being well watered ; and upon the higheft Part of It, 

 there is a Citadel, but of no great Strength. Upon the 

 Walls, which are raifed out of the antient Materials, we have 

 the two following Infcriptions. 



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