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or Tekpte earlier than by St. C)'prian\ there may be Ibme 

 Room perhaps to conjecture that they were one and the fame 

 City. Trocopius moreover defcribeth Tekpte, as a Frontier 

 Town ' of this Province ; fuch as we find Ferre-anah. The Au- 

 thor hkewife of the Itinerary \ according to the Annotations 

 oi Cellar ins \ placeth Tacape, Capfe (or Gafsa as it is now 

 called) ^ndTelepte in the limie Diredlion and at equal Diftances 

 from each other. Now the firft of thefe Circumftances accord- 

 eth well enough with Ferre-anah , as It lyeth in a N. W. and 

 S. E. Dire6lion nearly with Gahs and Gafsa , but the latter 

 can be only admitted with fome Reftri6lion ; inafmuch as Gafsa 

 is removed as much too far from Gahs, as Ferre-anah is placed 

 too near Gafsa\ though the whole Diftance, which is CL 

 Roman Miles , will anfwer well enough to the Space which 

 lyeth actually betwixt Gahs, by Way of Gafsa, to Ferre-anah. 



Twelve Leagues to the S. E. by E. o^ Ferre-anah, is Gafsa,Gzkz, 

 the antient Cap/a, another of the ftrong Cities of Jugurtha. It ca ps 1 '^ 

 is built upon a rifmg Ground, that is enclofed \ almoft in e- ^''^.'11'. 

 very Diredion, with Mountains ; and hath the like melancho-'^'^*''^'^" 

 ly Situation with Ferre-anah, only with this Difference^ that the 

 Landskip here is fomewhat more gay and verdant by the Profpe6l 

 we have from It of the Palm, Olive, Ttflachio, and other Fruit 

 Trees. But this agreable Scene is of fmall Extent, ferving only to 

 refrefli the Eye in the View it is to have afterwards of an Inter- 

 change of barren Hills and Valleys. The Water which refrefh- it's Tountain, 

 eth thefe Trees is collected from two Fountains; whereof the"' 

 one arifeth within the Citadel, the other in the Centre of the 

 City. The latter, which is probably the Fountain mentioned 

 hy Sallu ft \ and the Tarmid^ of Edrifi', was formerly covered 

 with a Cupola. It is ftill walled round, and difchargeth Itfelf 

 afterwards into a large Bafon, deligned, as we may conjedlure, 

 to bathe in. This and theOtherFountain uniting before they leave 

 the City, form a pretty large Brook, which from the Quan- 



T In Concil. Carthag. 2 t^t l^tia. '^ -/dijiti. De iEdif. Cap. <?. 3 £.vf. p. 27. H. p.28. A. 

 4 Ex medijs ** fola Caffe nota elt ex Ptolem£o, per quamfi a T^capis ducas lineatn & fimul 

 milliaria atcendas, qux inter Capfen funt & Telepten, in plagam & locum ubi Telepte fuir, 

 linea perducet. Cell. Geogr. Antiq. 1. 4. c.4. j Ebrai cnim yjjp eft conftingerc. Hinc 

 merito ni*£5p Cupfa dicitur, quam undiquc premebant & in arftum cogebant vaftx folitu- 

 dines, ut & monies. Boch. Chan. l.i. c. 24. 6 Capfenfes una modo, acque ea intra oppi- 

 Anva jugi aqua, caetera pluvia utebantur. Sail. Bell. Jug. 5- 94- 7 Urbs Cf/irf pulchra elt, 

 habet maenia, &fluvium excurrentem, cujus aqua pixftantior eft aqua Cajiilu: habet etiatn 

 intra fe fontem, qui \ocatar /ilTarmid. Geogr. Nub. p. 86. 



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