ip4 Geographical Ohfervations 



graphy, which are wroag placed by Agathemer « over againft 

 Thena, from whence they lye at a great Diftance towards 

 the N. E. 

 The Limits of AgathemeT , Straho and others fix the Beginning of the Lejfer 

 syrtisf "exc. Sjrtis at thefe Iflands, though, from the following Circumftan- 

 B.^p-i'/c/ces, It may be fuppofed to extend as far as Ca-poudia\ fince 

 from This Cape, all along to the Ifland of Jerba, we have a 

 SuccefTion of little flat Iflands^ Banks of Sand, oozy Bottoms 

 or fmall Depths of Water. The Inhabitants make no fmall Ad- 

 vantage of thefe Shallows, by welding a Mile or two from the 

 Shore, and fixing, as They go along, in various Windings and 

 Diredions, feveral Hurdles of Reeds, frequently enclofe a great 

 Number of Fifhes. Something like This hath been taken No- 

 tice of by /S/r^^o". 

 Sk?"' "''"^ ^^^ eafterly Winds were too violent whilft I travelled along 

 the Coaft of the Lejfer Sjrtis, to obferve the Flux and Reflux' 

 of It, from whence fomc Authors have derived the Name*. 

 However I was very credibly informed, that, frequently at Jer- 

 ba, the Sea rofe twice a day a Fathom or more above It's ufual 

 Height. 

 ^f^'^- Sfax, u^sfax, or El Sfahufsy is a neat thriving City ten Miles 



to the S. S.W. o^ Infjilla, and about twenty to the S.W. of the 

 ^luerkynefs. It is walled round like Sufa and Mona fleer : where 

 likewife, by the fame extraordinary Indulgence of their Kaide, 

 the Inhabitants enjoy the Fruits of their Induftry, carry on a 

 good Trade in Oyl and Linnen-Manufa6tures, and know little 

 of that Opprefllon, which is feverely prafticed in mofl: other 

 Places of Barbary. Buno^ maketh Sfax to be the Taphrce of 

 Chi'ver ; but It is more probably of modern Extra6tion, taking 

 It's Name from the Quantity of [ ^y-^ Fakoufe ] Cucumbers, 

 that grow in the Neighbourhood. 

 Thaince,T^v? j^Joatfiee, tliQ T/jefza, or71?e';/^oftheAntients, is ten Miles 



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