154 Flint's itatfeal histoet, [Book III. 



Spain, extending as far as the cliain of the Pyrenees. The 

 Farther Spain is divided lengthwise into two provinces, 

 Lusitania^ and Baetica, the former stretching along the 

 northern side of the latter, and being divided from it by the 

 river Ana^. 



The source of this river is in the district of Laminium^, in 

 the Nearer Spain. It first spreads out into a number of 

 small lakes, and then again contracts itself into a narrow 

 channel, or entirely disappears under ground^, and after 

 frequently disappearing and again coming to light, finally dis- 

 charges itself into the Atlantic Ocean. Tarraconensian Spain 

 lies on one side, contiguous to the Pyrenees, running down- 

 wards along the sides of that chain, and, stretching across from 

 the Iberian Sea to the Gallic ocean®, is separated from Baetica 

 and Lusitania by Mount Solorius^, the chains of the Oretani'' 

 and the Carpetani®, and that of the Astures'. 



C5AP. 3. — OF BiETICA. 



Baetica, so called from the river which divides it in the 

 middle, excels all the other provinces in the richness of its 

 cultivation and the peculiar fertility and beauty of its vege- 

 tation. 



It consists of four jurisdictions, those of Gades*", of Cor- 

 duba^\ of Astigi^^, and of Hispalis^^. The total number of 

 lis towns is 175 ; of these nine are colonies", and eight muni- 



^ Corresponding nearly in extent with the present kingdom of Portugal. 



2 Now G^audiana, a corruption of the Arabic Wadi Ana, " the river Ana." 



3 Accordiag to Hardouin this place is the modem town of Montiel, 

 but Pinet and D'Anville make it the same as Alhambra. 



■* According to modem writers it conceals itself in this manner for a 

 distance of fifteen miles. 



^ From the Balearic Channel to the Grulf of Gbscony or Bay of Biscay. 



^ Probably the Sierra Nevada is meant by this name ; Hardouin con- 

 eiders it the same as the Sierra de los Yertientes. 



^ Probably the Sierra Morena. ^ r^\^Q Monte de Toledo. 



^ The Sierra de las Asturias. 



10 The present Cadiz. It was originally a Phoenician colony. 



" Now Cordova. ^^ Now Ecija. ^ Now Seville. 



1* The Moman colonies or colonies " civium Romanorum" are those 

 here meant. The colonists in such case enjoyed all the rights of Roman 

 citizens, the town in which they lived being foimded under the supervi- 

 sion of the Roman magistracy. 



