2 Of Simyra, Orthofia, Areas, 



is Ortho/ia and the River Eleutherm \ made hy fome the Bou7i' 

 dary betwixt Seleucis, Thcenice and Cxlefyria. And again ; 

 after Orthofia and Eleutherm^ is the City Tri^olis. So far the 

 Defcription of Straho. 

 smyra and In thc firft Pkcc thcreforc, it is manifeft, from this Quo- 

 ated "betwixt tation, that between Marathiis and TripoUs ; or, which is the 

 TrT/oiis".' ^"^ fame, between the Northern Skirts of the Jeune and Tripolis\ 

 Simyra and Orthofia are the only Maritime Cities that are re- 

 corded. No more confequently need be looked after. Itislikewife 

 agreed by us both, th-Sit Mar athm lyeth to the Northward of 

 the Jeune. It is not material therefore, whether it was built 

 on the South Side oiudntaradii^s or Tortofa^ according to my 

 Account; or, on the other, as this Author has placed it. It is 

 enough, that the Situation of it is, at too great aDiftance, to 

 the Northward of the Cities we are looking after, fo as to 

 incapacitate it, from laying the leaft Claim or Pretenfion to 

 any one Heap of Ruins whatfoever, that may be met with, in 

 or beyond the Jeune^ as far as TripoUs, to the Southward. 

 Smyra no^ As for Simvra then, it will be difficult to account, why this 



called Su7n- -^ ' •' •' 



rah. Author fliould have taken fo much Pains to fearch after it, at 



the Mouth of the {Nahar Kiheer or) Great River, near the 

 Middle of the Jeune-, when I had aftually feen and defcribed 

 it to lye, nine or ten Miles, farther to the Southward ; or at a 

 League and an half 'sDiftance from theRiver^H'6'r, where the 

 Jeune ends, or begins at leaft to be interrupted, with aVariety 

 of Mulberry Groves and other Plantations. Sumrah, as it is 

 now called, (which is little different from Sv^<p«<- or s.^jp* its anci- 

 ent Name) is a Place well known to the Inhabitants oiTripoly^ 

 from whence they are fupplied with Mulberry Leaves for 

 their numerous Broods of Silk Worms; and alfo with Citrons, 

 Melons, and other excellent Fruit. But what is more ma- 

 terial, at prefent, we have here the Traces of a Number of 

 Ruins, confiderable enough to atteft for the firft Rank it muft 

 have obtained among thefe Maritime Cities in former Times. 

 We may venture therefore, from the Pofition of thefe Ruins, 

 and from the fame Name that continues, even to this Day, to 

 attend them, to fix Simyra at this Place. 



I Orthofta is likewife made the Boundary ; Tr.iv. p. 329. Noc. 3. 



Orthofa, 



