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pliky's natueal histoet. 
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of sand. On passing these, not far from the shore there is 
a vast swamp ^ which receives the river Triton^ and from it 
takes its name : by Callimachus it is called Pallantias^, and 
is said by him to be on the nearer side of the Lesser Syrtis ; 
many other writers however place it between the two Syrtes. 
The promontory which bounds the G-reater Syrtis has the 
name of Borion'* ; beyond it is the province of Cyrene. 
Africa, from the river Ampsaga to this limit, includes 
516 peoples, who are subject to the Koman sway, of which 
six are colonies ; among them Uthina^ and Tuburbi^, be- 
sides those already mentioned. The towns enjoying the 
rights of Koman citizens are fifteen in number, of which 
I shall mention, as lying in the interior, those of Assurae", 
Abutucum, Aborium, Canopicum^, Cilma^, Simithium, Thu- 
nusidium, Tuburnicum, Tynidrumum, Tibiga, the two towns 
called TJcita, the Greater and the Lesser, and Vaga. There 
is also one town with Latin rights, Uzalita by name, and 
one town of tributaries, Castra Cornelia^^. The free towns 
are thirty in number, among wliich we may mention, in the 
interior, those of AchoUa^^ Aggarita, Avina, Abzirita, Cano- 
respective territories with the people of Cyrene, submitted to be buried 
ahve in the sand, at the boundary-hne between the two countries. Sal- 
lust (Jugurthine War) is the main authority for the story. It is also 
related by Pomponius Mela, B. i. c. 7, and Valerius Maximus, B. v. c. 6, 
but from the Grreek name of the brothers, meaning " lovers of praise," it 
is doubtful whether the story is not of spurious origin. 
I The Lake Tritonis mentioned in note p. 393. 
*^ Now called El Hammah, according to Shaw. 
3 According to some accounts the goddess Pallas or Minerva was bom 
on the banks of Lake Tritonis. 
4 The modern Cape of Tajuni. ^ 
5 Now called TJdina, according to Marcus. 
^ Now called Tabersole, according to Marcus. 
7 In the north of Byzacium, near the Bagrada and the confines of 
Numidia. It was the station of a Roman garrison, and considerable 
remains of it are still visible near the modern Zanfour. 
8 CaUed Cannopissse by Ptolemy, who places it to the east of Tabraca. 
y There is great doubt as to the correct orthography of these places, 
most of which can be no longer identified. 
^0 According to Marcus the present Porto Tarina. 
II Also called Achilla and AchuUa, the ruins of which are to be seen at 
the modern El Aliah. It stood on the sea-coast of Byzacium, a httle 
above the northern extremity of the Lesser Syrtis. It was a colony from 
the island of MeUta, now Malta. 
