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Of the port of Hippo on the coast of Barbary, he 

 ays, (i There are still remaining the traces of a large 

 j)i?r that was carried out a long way into the sea to 

 break off the N. E. winds, the want whereof, together 

 with the great aversion the Turks have to repairs, 

 will, in a short time, demolish a haven that in any 

 other country would be inestimable/ 5 * 



Of Fort St. Louis, the Baron De Tott says I 

 shall likewise observe, for the natural philosopher, 

 that Fort St. Louis, built at the point of the projection 

 of land which formerly was the island where he dis- 

 embarked, is still washed by the waters of the sea."-{ 



The ancient Utica was a maritime city situated be- 

 tween Carthage and the promontory of Apollo. This 

 city, which is now seven miles from the sea, together 

 with that of Carthage, which is about the same dis- 

 tance from it, are considered by some as unequivocal 

 proofs of the gradual receding of the sea. 



The following will show how little foundation there 

 is for such a belief, or how little support is to be de- 

 rived from this source. 



" Neither, (says Mr. Shaw) hath Carthage, the 

 next pla*ce to be described, much better supported it- 

 self against the north east winds and the Me-jerdah ; 

 which, together, have stopped up its ancient harbour 

 and made it almost as far distant from the sea as 



* Shaw's Travels, page 145. 



t Baron De Tott, vol. II. part 2, page 91. The time of the 

 landing of St. Louis, in Egypt, was about the year 1240 or 43. 



