-^26 Geographical Ohfervations 



lituated betwixt it's Navale and Marathus, and that the oppo- 

 lite Shore had not the leaft Shelter forVeflels. The latter of thefe 

 Obfervations is very juft ; and provided theNavale be the Cothon^ 

 which hath been taken Notice of to the Northward of Tortofa, 

 no Place can better fall in with the Situation of Marathus, 

 inafmuch as Rou-wadde, upon thisSuppofition, will lye not only 

 between, but very nearly equidiftant from thofe Places. 

 Ti,e Maguz- Five Miles to the S. S. E. of the Serpent Fountain, are the 

 ■Lcjr p,7i ^^^^^^^^i ^i^u^] Spindles, as they call thofe pointed and cy- 

 lindrical little Buildings, that are ereded over the Crypto 

 defcribed by Mr. Maundrell The Situation of the Country 

 round about them, hath fomething in it fo extravagant and 

 peculiar to Itfelf, that It never fails to contribute an agreeable 

 Mixture of Melancholy and Delight to all who pafs through 

 It. The uncommon Contrail and Difpofition of Woods and Se- 

 pulchres, Rocks and Grotto's; the Medley of Sounds and 

 Echo's from Birds and Beafts, Cafcades and Water Falls ; the 

 dillant Roaring of the Sea and the compofed Solemnity of the 

 Place, very naturally remind us of thofe beautiful Defcriptions 

 which the antient Poets have left us of the Groves and Retreats 

 of their Rural Deities. 

 Theitn-azor Thc Plain or Jeune , (as the yirabs call it,) commences a 

 little to the Southward of the iV/<^^w^2;e/, and ends at ASWwr^^, 

 fpreading itfelf, all the Way, from the Sea to the Eaftward, 

 five, fix or feven Leagues, 'till it is terminated by a long Chain 

 of Mountains. Thefe feem to be the Mons Bargylus oiTliny ' ; 

 as the Plain may be the fame with thofe Fields, which he 

 placeth to the Northward of Mount Lihanus. There are dif- 

 perfed all over the Jeune a great Number of Caftles and 

 Watch Towers, befides feveral large Hillocks, which are of the 

 fame Figure, and raifed undoubtedly upon the like Occalion, 

 with thofe Eminences that we cd\\ Barrows in England. No 

 Place certainly can be better fupplyed with Water and Herbage ; 

 and confequently more proper either for a Field of Battle, or 

 for an Army to encamp in. 



I In ora fubjeda Dbano Berytus * Trlerh, Calamus, Tripolls, qux Tjri'i & Sidon'ti & /jradii 

 obtinent. Orthofia, EUutheros flumen. Oppida Simyra, Marathos, contraque Aradum Antara- 

 dus. **Regioin qua fupra didti definunt montes (Libams k.) & inter jacentibus campts, 

 BAfgjlus mons incipit. Hinc rurfus Syria, definente Plmn'tce, oppida Came, Balanea, Paltos, 

 Gabatc ; promontoiium in quo Litodicea libera. Plin. 1. y. cap. 20. 



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