3 58 Geographical Obfervations 



scandareaor Scaudarea , as Alexandria is called at prefent, hath two 

 D^r"" Ports ; the new one, which the Veffels of Europe refort to, 

 and the old one, where thofe only from Turkey are admitted. 

 Portus Mag- Thc fomicr is what Straho calls the Great Tort \ lying to the 

 Eunoft^'d^ Eaftward of the Tharos : the other is his Port of Eunoftns, 

 CibotLis. ^jjgj.g ^^5 ^ifQ tjie Ctbotus, which is faid to have had a Com- 

 munication with the Lake Mareotis, that lay behind it to the 

 South. The prefent Scandarea is fituated betwixt them, upon 

 septem what was probably the Septem Stadium ' of Straho \ whereas 



Stadium. ^ ^ , i i -vt ^ vt t-< 



the old City lay further towards the N. and N. K. 

 The -Rums of Confidcrlng the great Devaftations which have attended the 

 Alexandria. ^^^^^^^ Conqucfts in othcr Places, it is fomewhat extraordi- 

 The amUnt ttary, that the greateft Part of the antient Walls of this City, 

 ^''^'' together with their proper Turrets, lliould have remained fo 

 compadt and.intire quite down to this Time. In the fameCon- 

 Thecifierns. dition likcwife are the Cifterns, which, at the overflowing of 

 the Nile, were annually fupplyed with Water. Thefe are of a 

 great Depth, having their Walls raifed by feveral Stages of 

 Arches, upon which the City was built. The Grandeur and 

 Sumptuoufnefs of the antient Alexandria, may be further 

 eftimated from two Rows of beautiful Granate Pillars, (feve- 

 ral whereof are ftanding) which may be fuppofed to have con- 

 ftituted the Street, that is taken Notice of by Straho, and 

 reached from the Necropolitic ' Part of the City to the Gate of 

 Canopus. We have both at Latikea and Hydra, Cities already 

 defcribed. Rows of Pillars difpofed in this Fafliion. 

 Ponipey'. Tompe/s Pillar lyeth at a little Diftance to the Southward 

 of thefe Walls. It is of the Corinthian Order, though the 

 Foliage of the Capital is badly executed. A great Part of the 

 Foundation, which is made up of feveral different Pieces of 

 Stone and Marble, hath been removed, in Expedlation, as may 

 be fuppofed, of finding a Treafure. At prefent therefore the 

 wholeFabrick feems to reft intirely upon aBlock of whiteMarble, 



I Esj c/^ Iv 7? i>ii}aMi>ht;jU't X? /A T iiOZKiV tv A^ia. H y^aix ks" o Trop^®- o<iii.£p(. Strab. 1. 17. p.1144. 

 ** E^f S'' Eili'o?-!! hifjiv (UjJ 71! i-PiA^flor yJi vffi-Jj lim ifuKTif, ov Kiu HiCaTtv tt^hnirty, iyo)i 19 axi-nt neSfia. 

 EveftTsja Si 'nsTH (T/aju^ TAazii l^i^i toc ^(|W>i< mtt/j^n 4 M«fjw77c/bf . /rf. ibid. p. 1 1 4 J. 2 Ouni Ji ( Porrus 

 fc. Eunofti & Magnus) auui^xui iv |2c<3n ixfiVa tS t'^u^S'ia kaKvi^k, Xuimlv S'lafyof^ot a.^' aiffi, 

 vtt£^vjH-noj!. Id. ibid. p. 1141. 3 E/.5' (Ic. a Portu Eunofti & CibotiJ « NiKf'a7mh.if 1^ 7t ©e'^5Hoi» 



« Sa Tt (jMMf -TrKUTHa, a/asTWH ^^ TO yufAvieiov (*ix?' '"'' "^^"^ "^ KowaCiKtif. ibid. P.114J'. ^;;^TIie 

 CryftAOX Catacoml/s as they are ufually called, which probably gave Denomination to this 

 Part of the City, are molt of them remaining, being little different from thofe that have 

 been defcribed zt Latikea, and probably were intended for the fame Ufe, and not for the 

 Reception of Mummies or embalmed Bociies, like Thofe at Sakara near Memphis. 



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