xxx INTRODUCTION. 



never was fo far fouth as Jibbel Aurez, fo could only fay 

 this from report. 



From Jibbel Aurez nothing occurred in the ftyle of ar- 

 chitecture that was material. Hydra remained on the left 

 hand. I came to CafTareen, the ancient Colonia Scillitana^, 

 where I fuffered Something both from hunger and from fear. 

 The country was more rugged and broken than any we, 

 had yet feen, and withal lefs fruitful and inhabited. The 

 Moors of thefe parts are a rebellious tribe, called Nemem- 

 fhah, who had fled from their ordinary obligation of attend- 

 ing the Bey, and had declared themfelves on the part of 

 the rebel-moors, the Henneifhah. 



My intentions now were to reach Feriana, the Thala f 

 of the ancients, where I expected confiderable fubjeCrs for 

 ftudy ; but in this I was disappointed, and being on the 

 frontier, and in dangerous times, when feveral armies were 

 in the field, I thought it better to fleer my courfe eaft- 

 ward, and avoid the theatre of war. 



Journeying eaft, I came to Spaitla J, and again got into 

 the kingdom of Tunis. Spaitla is a corruption of SufTetula ||, 

 which was probably its ancient name before it became a 

 Roman colony ; fo called from Suffetes, a magiftrature in 

 all the countries dependent upon Qarthage. Spaitla has ma- 

 ny infcriptions, and very extenfive and elegant remains. 

 There are three temples, two of them Corinthian, and one of 



the 



* Shaw's Travels, cap. v. p. 1 19. 

 •f Sal. Bel. Jug. § 94. L. Flor. lib. Hi. cap. 1. % Shaw's Travels, chap. v. p. 118. 



|| Itin. Acton, p; 3. 



