The Bp of ClogherV Ohjeciions conjidered. ^ 



Leagues Diftance, where we have the famous Obelisk and Foun- 

 tain oiMattareah ; which Place, together with the Country ad- 

 jacent to It, to Cairo and Bijhhejh, made up formerly the Land 

 of Gojhen. 



Not the leaft Impoflibility therefore or Inconfiftence can be 

 charged upon my Syftem of Geography, on this Account : lince 

 in the Road from Beer/heha to Memphis, by the Way of He- 

 roopoUs, the Land of Zo^«, particularly fo called (which has 

 been taken Notice of {Trav. p. 34.1.) will lie quite out of the 

 Way, on the Right Hand ; whereas the Road, which I con- 

 tend for, will diredly lead us to Memphis , through the Land 

 of Gofljen. 



And as it has been proved [Trav. p. 34-1.) that the Land of 

 Gojhen was fituated in the Neighbourhood oi Mattareah, 

 (which your Lordfhip likewife approves of;) fo the Removal 

 of the Seat of the Tharaohs^ at that Time, from Memphis to 

 Zoan, will be inconfiftent with Scripture Hiftory ; where {i) a 

 Wefl Wind is faid to have dri<\}en the Locufts into the Red Sea ; 

 (this and Memphis lying Eaft and Weft,) where {1) the Land 

 of Gojhen is faid to^^ near unto Thar aoh \ where likewife (3) 

 Jofeph is faid to have met his Father in the Land of Gofljen \ 

 which fuppofes GoJJjen to have been fituated betwixt the Me^ 

 iropolis and the Land of Canaan. Whereas, had Zoan been 

 the Place, then Gojhen would have laid beyond it to the South- 

 ward ; i. e, at a greater Diftance from the Land of Canaan : 

 Jacoh confequently might, with more Propriety, have been 

 faid to have called upon his Son at the Metropolis, in his Way 

 to Go/ben J than that He was met, in the Land of GoJIjen, by 

 his Son. 



What is further objecled with Regard to the vaft interjacent 

 Wildernefs, is of little Confequence ; the like may be attri- 

 buted to any other Road through thefe inhofpitable Deferts. 

 Nay this, provided it had not been the neareft, might have 

 probably been the moft eligible of them all, on Account of the 

 Conveniency that Jacob w^ould have, of halting a little at 

 HeroGpoUs, and thereby recovering himfelf not only from the 

 Fatigue of the former Part of the Journey, but of laying in 

 alfo a frefli Supply of Water. IJaac likewife when he went 

 unto Ahimelech King ojthe Thiliftines at Gerar, in his Way to- 

 li/ards Egypt, Gen. x6. i. (as You obferve p: 381.) feems to 

 have taken the very fame Road. A 1 Your 



