^5- (J Geographical Ohfervatkns 



very Place of the Turkipj Garrifon, as it was a Tr^fid'mm ' of 

 Xht Romans in former Time) will lye, according to this Calcu- 

 lation, about forty fix Leagues from Adjeroute, in an E- hy S. 

 Direaion. ThisPofition of Eloth will likewife receive further 

 Confirmation, from the Diftance that is alfigned it from Gaza, 

 in the old Geography. For, as this was a hundred and fifty 

 Rornati Miles according to Tliny\ or a hundred and fifty feven 

 according to other Authors ', Eloth could not have a more 

 Southern Situation than where I have placed it, as the bring- 

 ing it more to the Northward, would fo far invalidate a jufl 

 Obfervation of Strabos, who maketh Heroopolis and Telu/mm 

 to be much nearer each other, than Eloth and Gaza. 



Ezion- It would be too daring an Attempt to pretend to trace out 



all the particular Encampments that are mentioned, Numh.n. 

 the greateft Part whereof were confined to this fmall Tra6t of 

 Arabia Tetrcea, which I have juft now defcribed- However, 

 thus much may be added, that, after the Ifraelites left Mount 

 Sinai, the moft Southern of their Stations feems to have been 

 at Ezion-gaber \ which being the Place from whence Solomon's 

 Navy ipent for Gold to Ophir, {i Kings 9. i6. ^ Chron. 8. 17.) 

 we may be induced to take it for the fame with What is called 

 atprefent, {Meenah elDfahab) The Tort of Gold. According to 

 the Account I had of it, from the Monks of Sinai, it lyeth in 

 theGulph oi Eloth, at the Diftance of two Days Journey from 

 them, enjoying a fpacioiis Harbour , which fupplyeth them 

 fometimes with Plenty of Lobflers and Shell Fifh. 



Mount Hor, From Ezion-gaber the Ifraelites turned back again to Kadefj, 

 (Numb. 33. 36.) with an Intent todired their Marches that 

 Way, into the Land of Canaan. But upon Edam's refufing to 

 give Ifrael Taffage through his Border, {Numb. zo. 18. &c.) 

 they turned away from him, to the right Hand, towards 

 Mount //or, {Numb.zo. ii.) which, as I conje6lure, lay to 

 the E. S. E. of Kadejh, in the Way from thence to the Red 



I Sedet ibi (apud A'tUt) Legio Romana cognomento Dccima : & olim quidem Atlat a 

 veteribus dicebatur; nunc vero adpellatur A'lU. Hieronym. in locis Hebraicis. In litore 

 maris inter Abilit [^ro Ailat ut fupra) pofita eft, ubi nunc nioratur Legio & Prsefldium Ro- 

 manorum. Id. in Cap. 47. £cff/>. 2 HeroopoUticus wooLtur, alterque /S/^wirica; finusRubri 

 maris in yEg-yptum vergentis CL millia paflTuum intervallo inter duo oppida Mma & in noftro 

 man Gaz.am. Plin. I. j. cap. 11. j Vid. Nor. i. p. 3^5'. Et Marctan. Heracl. in Periplo. 

 4 ^mif A' ^v (ic. Sinus Arabicus) ^' ut ty^ov li <ae}t ja A^itCia^ 1^ tS rs^i? /twp®-, w EMvhw mfas' 



/Mjifoi &c. Strab. 1. 16. p. 1102. 



Sea, 



