198 Geographical Ohfewations in the Inland Country 



CHAP. V. 



Of the mofl remarkable Places in the Inland Country of the 

 antient Bizacium, or Winter Circuit, 



Zung-gar, A CcoRDiNG to the Bouiidary that hath been laid down 

 chara".^ JlTl betwixt the Zeugitana and Bizacium, Zung-gar ^ the an- 

 tient Zucchara, will be the moft northern City of this Cir- 

 cuit. The whole Extent of Ruins, and particularly the Tem- 

 ple, that hath been already defcribed \ are at prefent fo thick- 

 ly Ihaded with Ever-green-Oaks and Locuft Trees, that there 

 is no fmall Difficulty to come near Them. 

 Youfeph. Five Leagues to the S. W. of Zung-gar, are the Ruins of Tou- 

 Siif/nr fiP^ *' ^^^^^ ^^^ Scilliana hath It's Fountains. This River tra- 

 verfeth feveral fertil Plains and Valleys ; and leaving BeiffonSy 

 Tugga and Tuher-foke at a fmall Diftance to the Weft ward, falls 

 into the Mejerdah not far from Tejioure. 

 Kiffer, The Three Leagues to the S. W. of Toufeph are the Ruins of 



A.SSITR.US ^"^ 



Exc.^.i^.c. Kiffer, the Affurus ot Affuras probably of the Antients. Cel- 

 p.a7. E. ' larius^ maketh Thefe to be two different Cities, at a great Di- 

 ftance from each other : whereas Ttolemy, in placing His Af- 

 furus %d. to the E. and at the like Diftance to the S. of Sicca 

 Veneria ; the Author like wife of the Itinerary by fixing His 

 Affuras xxx Miles from Mufti, in the Way to Sufetula ; point 

 out to us the very fame Situation, where we find at prefent 

 the Ruins of Kiffer. 

 Hydrab, Hydrah lyeth in the fame Latitude nearly with Kiffer, at 



about forty Miles Diftance to the W. S. W. of Keff. It is fi- 

 tuated in a narrow Valley, with a Rivulet running by It, and 

 appears to be one of the moft confiderable Places of This Coun- 

 try for Extent of Ruins. For we have here the Walls of feve- 

 ral Houfes, the Pavement of a whole Street, with a Variety 

 likewife of Altars and Maufolea ftiU remaining. A great Num- 



. 1 P_. If 3. 2 A^m&**?toUm&o ef^ Ajsurus in Nimidia nova, ut ait, apud Siccaiti Vener'iam, 

 longo intervallo a loco, quera Audor Itinerarii defignat. An eadem, per errorem in Numl- 

 rfniw tranfdudla fit, nort habeo dicere. Invitus multiplico loca ejufdem nominis; neque veto 

 conciliari haec, rationibus utriufque falvis poflunt. Geogr. Antiq. I.4. Cap. 4. p.ioiJ. Inter 

 S'tccam & Naraggaram Ptolemao eft Aojuf®', AJ^uras, alia ab AJfuris ZeHgn,in£, qus in redo 

 jijfum funt. U. cap.v. p.ii8. 



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