5^5 Geographical Objer vat ions 



nary Line drawn betwixt thofe Places as they are particularly 

 marked out in the Scriptures, will give us the Boundary required. 

 Kadefli hy Kadcjl.) Bdmea then (which may be prefumed to lye/ome where 

 Tounfaty^of ncar or upon this Boundary, in the dired way ixom Edo7n to 

 "■ the Land ofTromife,) will probably be fixed at about an hun- 



dred Miles Diftance to the S. W. of Jerufalem, at the half Way 

 nearly hctwixtRhinocolura and theElanitic Gulph of theRed Sea. 

 Therpejierv j^^q Weftcm Coaft of this Tribe lay, along the S. E. Gulph 



Border was 1 Ti • r' t-i 



aiongthesca q^ ^j^g Mediterranean Sea ", from tkron to the Kiver of Egypt, 

 ^'"'^' being the moft Part of it low, of a barren fandy Quality, and 

 very dangerous for Veflels to approach. Several of the antient 

 Cities, particularly thofe of the Thil'iflines, have pretty nearly 

 preferved their old Names : for Ekron is called Akron, Afcalon 

 is contra6led into Scalon, Gath into Jet, and Gaza, which 

 lyeth about feven Leagues to the S. W. of j4hon and eleven^ 

 in the fiime Direction, from Jaffa, is pronounced Gazy. Rhi- 

 nocolnra was probably fituated near the Bottom of the Gulph, 

 fixteen Leagues to the S. W. hy W. of Gazy, and eighteen to 

 the Eaftward of the Nile. The Lake Sirhonis lay betwixt It 

 and the Nile, at fix Leagues Diftance only from the Latter, 

 being formerly of great Extent, and having a Communication 

 with the Sea. Though indeed, what I have faid of Kadejh 

 Barnea, Rhinocolura, and this Lake, is barely conjedural, by 

 comparing what I my felf have feen of Judea, the Nile and 

 Arahia, with the Accounts that have been left us of thefe 

 Places by different Authors. 



C H A P. II. 



Geographical Ohfervations relating to Egypt, Arabia 

 Petrsea, and the Encampments of the Ifraelites. 



ihe ~seve» \_ niv Obfcrvatiou, that could be feen afar off. The Mari- 



Mouths a7id •' 



Branches i 

 the Nile. 



./E-'^'f w'T' H E R E is no Part of the Coaft of Egypt, which fell under 



Bra,u:hes of ncrs, iu approachlug it, eftimate the Diftance by the Depth of 

 Water : fuch a Number of Fathoms ufually anfwering to the fame 

 Number of Leagues. All that Portion of it particularly, which 



Tineh or lyeth betwixt Tineh (the antient Telu/ium) and the Branch of Z>^- 

 mi-ata, is exceeding low and full of Lakes and Moralles ; agreeing 

 fo far, even to this Day, with the Etymology * of the Name. The 



I Numb.^j^. 6, jfojh.i^. 12. and 13. 2,3. 2 Vid. p.35. Not.i. LakCS 



