aio 



The A7it'iqui- 

 ties. 



Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Country 



tity of the Water and the Rapidity of the Stream, might continue 

 If s Courfe to a great Diftance, were It not conltantly employed 

 by the Inhabitants in refrefhing Their Plantations. And as this 

 was the Jugis Aqua of Salluft^ fo It need not be difputed that 

 the Capfa of Sallufl and Ttolemy were the fame, notwithftand- 

 ing what Bochart ' and Cellarius ' have fuppofed to the contrary. 

 In the Walls of fome private Houfes, and particularly of the 

 Citadel, (a weak modern Building, that faceth the Jereed,) 

 there is a great Confufion of Altars, Granate Pillars, Entabla- 

 tures &c. which when entire and in their proper Situations, muft 

 have been great Ornaments to the City. The Infcriptions that 

 fell in my Way were either unfortunately defaced, or imper- 

 fe6l ; of which Number are the two following. 



%)^on a fjiiare Stone. 



ORTVM NOSTORVM 

 MAGISTRVM MILIT 

 TINIANE CAPSE. 



Upon a Pillar. 



IMPERATOR M. AVRELIVS ANTONINVS PIVS 

 AVGVSTVS PART. MAX. BRIT. MAX. TRIB. POT. 

 COS. ... - FEST. 



Gor-bata, Gor-hata lyeth four Leagues to the S. S. W. of Gafsa, having 

 t.?.l^V.E. a Brook of brackifh Water gliding by It to the S. This 

 Village is fituated upon an hemifpherical Hillock, that is 

 furrounded with a great many more of the like Fafhion ; afford- 

 ing, all together, a Profpe£l, which appears particular enough at a 

 Diftance. If Gor-hata fhould be the Orhita oiTtolemy, the Figure 

 perhaps of thefe littleEminences might give occafion to theName. 

 The general Wc ctttcr ttow morc immediately upon that Part of the^^^^r^?, 

 r/fjeS." which belongs to the7^^?/iy^^;/5,andiscalled^/ym^/^^or£^/y^re'e'<3^ 

 i.e. The Dry Country \ It is exaftly of the fame Nature and Qua- 



5 €l)m. 1.1. cap. 24. 2 Geogr, Antiq. 1. 4. cap, 4. p. 91. 3 Vid. p. y. 



lity 



