iio MifcelUned Curio/a.^ Vol. life 



Icriptions, the Title of ^Q,oC^ is not fo fa- 

 cile a Conjedure. They were .under the P^r-^ 

 thians^ before the Romans fell in amongft 

 them ; but the Date Ihews this to be after 

 the time of //^^n^f^ , and To after their 

 coming. Nay^ and in an Infcription be- 

 fore mentioned, which is of a later Date 

 than this by 88 Years, we have the Name of 

 the fame Perfon. Hot Sulphureous Baths 

 are things very frequent in this Country ; 

 arid thence it was that it obtained the 

 Name of Syria Salutifera. The fcent of the 

 iWaters here is much like thofe of £ath in 

 'E?7gland^ but not fo^ftrong, neither is the 

 Tafte fb ofFenfive. On the contrary, when 

 they have run fo far from the Fountain, as 

 to become cold , they are very potable^ 

 arid are the only Waters the Inhabitants 

 life. But we, during our ftay there, fent 

 to a Fountain of very excellent Water, about 

 an hour diftant from the City. 



On the Eaft fide likewife of the long Pi- 

 azza ftands, if I may ufe fuch an ExpreiK- 

 on, a Wood of Marble Pillars, fome per- 

 fed, and others deprived of their beauti- 

 ful Capitals; but fo fcatteredand confufed, 

 that it is not poflible to reduce theni into 

 any Order, fo as to conjedure to what 

 they lanciently ferved. In one place are 

 Eleven together in Square after this man- 

 ner ; . \ paved at the bottom with broad flat 

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Stone, but without any Roof or Covering. 

 And at a little diftance from that ftands the 

 Pvuins of a fmall Temple, which 

 Thehttie the remains feexns to have 

 i^mpie. ^^^^ ^.j^^ Workmanfhip very 



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