The fifth Booke of 



THE FIFTH BOOKE OF 



THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE, 



WRITTEN BY C. P L I N I V S 



S E C V N D V S. 



'^Thedefaiplonof tAjfrike. 



Ffrike the Greekes have called Lybia^ even all that iraSi from whence the Ljbian fen. 

 before it beginnethymd endeth in the M.g'jftian, lie fart of the earth receheth fewe^ 

 \giilfes and armes of the feajn that long compaffe of crooked coafls from theWefi, The 

 names as well of the nations as townes there ^be of all other smojl hard to bee pronoun- 

 ced^ unleffe tt bee in their owne tongues : andagaine^ they bee cafiles and forts for the 



fnojl part that they dwell in» 



Chap. i. 

 Mauritania, 



T the beginning, the lands of Mauritania,untill the time of C^c^ifar [i^Ca- 

 liguLi] fonne of Gcrmanicm^vi^xt called kingdomcs : but by his cruekie de- 

 vided it was into two provinces. The utmoft promontorie of the Ocean is 

 named of the Greekes Ainpelufia.The townes thcrin wereLiffa and Cotes 

 beyond Hercules pillars.Now in it is Tingi/ometime built by Ant&m:ix^d< K 

 afterwards by claudim Cafar when he made a Colonic of it, called it was 

 ^ v^_^ Tradudalulia.ItisfromBeloncatowninBaeticajbythenextandneereft 

 paflage over fca thirtie miles. Five and twentie miles from it in the Ocean coaft ftandeth a Co- 

 lonic ere6i:ed by Augnjli^^^no^^ lulia CbnftantiajCxempt from the dominion and jurifdi<2;ion of 

 the kings of Zilis : and commanded to goe for law and juftice as farre as to Bxtica. And two and 

 thirtie miles from it,Lixos made a Colonic by Ckudtm C^r^wherofin old time there went ma- 

 ny fabulous and lowd lying tales. For, there flood (they fay) the roiall pallace of Ant^m : there 

 was the combate betweenc him and Hercules : there alfo were the gardens and hort-yards of the 

 Hefperides.Now there flowcth thereinto out of the fca a certain creeke or arme thercofjand that 

 by a winding channell, whcrin men now take it that there were Dragons ferving in good fteed to L 

 keepc and ouard thefame.It enclofeth an Ifland within it felfe,which(notwithftanding the trad 

 thereby be fomewhat higher) is only not overQowed by the fca tides.In it there ftandeth ercded 

 an altar of Hercules:md fetting afide certaine wild 01ives,nothing els is to be feene of that good- 

 ly grove, reported to beare golden apples. And in good faith Icffe may they make a wonder at 

 the ftrangc lies of Greece given out of thele^and the river Lixus, who would butthinkehow of 

 late our countreymcn have delivered fome fables^as monftrous welnecre of the fame things : to 

 wit^that this is a moft ftrong and mightie cittie^and bigger than great Carthage : morcover.thac 

 it is fituate ovcragainft it, and an infinite way well neere from Tingi : and other fuch like, which 

 Ccrnehm Nepos hath bcene moft eager to beleeve.From Lixus fortie miles in the midland parts 

 ofthemaine^ftandethBabba, another Colonic of ^\'/^/////<^, called by him lulia in the field or M 

 Qiampain : alfo a third 75 miles off, called Banaia, but now it hath the addittionof Valentia. 

 35 miles from it is the towne Volubilc, juft in the mid way betweene both feas. Buun the coaft 

 and borders thercof35o miles from Lixus,there runneth Subur a goodly plenteous river, and na- 

 1/igable neerctotheColonieBanafa. As many miles from it is the towne Sala^ flandingupon 

 . .' ".r^ ;; a river 



