in Syria; Phoenice ^c. 551 



but are obliged immediately to retire,, when the Winds change 

 to the W. or S : fo that there muft have been fome better Sta- 

 tion than This for their Security and Reception. In the N.N. E. 

 Part likewife of the City, we fee the Traces of a fafe and com- 

 modious Bafon , lying within the Walls : but which, at the 

 fame Time, is very fmall^ fcarce forty Yards in Diameter. 

 Neither could It ever have enjoyed a larger y4rea, unlefs the 

 Buildings, which now circumfcribe it, were Encroachments 

 upon it's original Dimeniions. Yet even this Port, fmall as it 

 is at prefent, is notwithftanding fo choaked up with Sand and 

 Rubbifli, that the Boats of thole poor Filhermen, who now 

 and then vifit this once renowned Emporium, can, with great 

 Difficulty only, be admitted. 



All the Nations of the Levant call Tyre by it's antient Name Tyre m//^-/ 

 Sur [^'i'], from whence the Latins feem to have borrowedsur^ ' " 

 their Sarra '. Sur, I find, layeth Claim to a double Etymo- 

 logy, each of them very natural ; though the rocky Situation, 

 (the Ti' of the Thcenicians) will prevail, I am perfwaded, with 

 every Perfon, who feeth this Teninfula, beyond the Sar ' or 

 Purple Fifh, for which It might have been afterwards in fo 

 much Efteem. The Purple Filh (the Method at leaft of ex- 

 tra6ling the Tindture) hath been wanting for many Ages: how- 

 ever, amongft a Variety of other Shells, the Turpura of Ronde- 

 letius is very common upon the Sea Shore. Several of thofe 

 Ifaw had their Infides beautified with purplifh Streaks ; aCir- 

 cumftance which may perhaps fo far inftruft us, that they once 

 belonged to fuch an Inhabitant. 



There is nothing remarkable betwixt this Place and MountT^^ ■'^""^"^ of 

 Carmel, but what hath been taken Notice of by Mr. MaundrelL '^' ^'"'°"" 

 In travelling under the S. E. Brow of this Mountain, I had 

 an Opportunity of feeing the Sources of the River Kifhon, 

 Three or four of the principal Ones, which lye within lefs than 

 a Furlong of each other, are called The \Ras el Kijhon'] Head 

 of Kijhon, difcharging alone, without the lefler Contributions 

 nearer the Sea, Water enough to form a River half as big as 

 the Ifis. During likewife the rainy Seafon, all the Water, which 



I SATTd. nomen deduci notum eft ex Hebraeo Tyri nomine "J'2f Tfor ; in quo literam Tfade, 

 qux medii eft foni inter T & S Grs,c't in T mutarunt : & Romani in S. Ita fadum ut ex 

 eodem ~\*): Tfor & Tif& nafceretur & Sarra. Boch. 1. 2. Chan. cap. 10. 2 Qux vsMucTyrui 

 dicitur, olim S^rM vocabatur, a pifce quodam qui illic abundat, quem lingua (ua 5;ir ap- 

 pellant. Vet. Scholiaft, in 4Georg. Vhg. 



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