^5o Geographical Ohfewations 



ceive from that Quarter. There are no Traces to be met with 

 of any other Walls, than fuch as may be fuppofed to belong to 

 one and the fame City. This, I take Notice of, becaufe fome 

 antient Geographers ' have obferved, that Tripofy was not one, 

 but three Cities, built at a Furlong s Diftance from each other. 

 The prefent That, which at this Time, is known by the Name of Tripofyy 

 Tnpoiy. .^ ^^.j^ ^^ j^^^^ ^ Leagues Diftance from the other, upon the 



Declivity of a Hill, that faceth the Sea. It enjoys a confidera- 

 ble Trade, ariiing as well from It's own Manufadlures in Silk 

 and Cotton, as from thofe that are continually brought hither 

 from Aleppo and Damajcus. I could obferve Nothing in the 

 City- Walls or Caftle,that could give either ofthem a Title to a 

 Greek or Roman Foundation, the Appearance of both being 

 altogether modern and Gothic. The greateft Rarity of this 

 Place, at prefent, is an Aqueduft, with it's Refewoirs, fome 

 of which, are twenty or thirty Foot high, and, by being placed 

 at proper Diftances in the Town, very conveniently fupply the 

 greateft Part of the Houfes, to their fecond and third Stories, 

 with Water. Over the Tr'ince^s Bridge^ which is the prin- 

 cipal Arch of the Aquedudl, there is an Efcutcheon charged 

 with what appears to be a Crofs-Crofslet : which being the 

 Bearing of the Family of Lorrain, may vouch perhaps for 

 the Tradition that it was built by Godfrey of Bulloign. 

 At Bellmont , two Leagues to the Southward of Tripoly y 

 there is a famous Convent of Greek Kalories founded by the 

 Croifades. We fee upon the fouthermoft Declivity of it, a 

 large Heap of Ruins, which might probably belong to the 

 antient Trieris', and betwixt Thefe and Tripofy, is the fmall 



Calamos. Village Kalemony, the Calamos of Tliny. 



The Fort of J am not acquainted with that Part of Thoenice, which ly- 

 eth between Cape Greego, the ©«S ^zs^Tni of Ttolemy, and Tyre. 

 At the latter of thefe Places, I vifited feveral Creeks and In- 

 lets, in Order to difcover what Provifion there might have 

 been formerly made for the Security of their Veffels. Yet, 

 notwithftanding that Tyre was the chief maritime Power of 

 this Country , I could not obferve the leaft Token of either 

 Cothon, or Harbour, that could have been of any extraordinary 

 Capacity. The coafting Ships indeed, ftill find a tolerable good 

 Shelter from the northern Winds, under the fouthern Shore, 



I Vid. D'lod. ut fupra. Tria fueiunt fingnlis inter fe Stadiis diftantia • locus ex nnmero 

 Tripolts Aichar. Pomp. MeU 1. i. cap. rz. bu^; 



Trieris. 



Tyre. 



