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but not being Current in Spah^ they had thrown 
them away. The place is called Balonh. ft is over 
againft: Tangier^ and frequently infefted by the Moors 
from thence; on which account it is uninhabited. A 
fmall River, called Alpariate, runs by it : all which 
circumftances correfpond with the ancient accounts of 
Bdlo, I have a Medal that was given me at Tarifa^ 
with the following Letters upon it B A I L O, which 
probably belonged to this City, called by Ftolowij 
BfluAwv Martianus CapdU i^ib. VI. mentions it under the 
name of Velomnfis B^ticaCivitas- The Itenerary of 
Aniomnus places VKM. P, Wefi Mellaria, which 
is about the diftance of thefe Ruins from Val de Faca* 
About five Leagues farther is the Cape of Trafalgar i i 
the fight of which immediately brought to my mind ^ 
Melas delcription of it. Idud jam in Occtdentem (jr ft 
Oceanum ohliquo jugo excurrens, atque f/, quod Ampelnjium t 
effe dixeramus, adverfam, &c. Near the Capes Point are ^ 
the Ruins often mentioned by the SpaniJJ) Authors, un- ^ 
der the name of Aguas de Mecca, I was not there, but 
was afiured at Bejer de la Mid, that there were fiill 
fome Ruins on the Shore, and more in the Sea, that 
run all along under the Cape ; particularly remains of 
a Mole, which muft have made it a tolerable Harbour. 
Thele Ruins feem to be the remains of old B<sfippo, 
Flin» L. III. Portus Bcefippo. Mela Bafippo ufque ad Jtt- 
mnis promontorium, cram freti occupat. 
The placing of Watch-Towers along the Coaft of 
Spain to Alarm the Country, upon any Defcent, feems 
to have been a practice of a long (landing. Livy , 
Lib. XXII. C. 19. Mult as dt* locis alt is pojitas turres Hif- 
pania hahet^ quihus & fpeculis (jr propugnaculis contra la* 
trones utuntur : inde primo, confpedis hojiium navihus, da* \ \ 
turn figmm A.^^t\xh 2 t\.iejl, See, 
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