tance from the coafts, in any part. On the 
eafti it is bounded by the Indian Ocean; on 
the weft, by the Atlantic; on the north t by 
the Mediterranean; and on the north-eaft, 
by the Red Sea. It extends from 73 de- 
grees of north, to 35 of fouth, latitude; 
about 5000 Englifh miles : confequently the 
Equator runs nearly through the middle of 
it. 
If now you begin at the Straits of Gib- 
raltar, here at the north-weft corner of the 
map, and follow the fouth coaft of the Me- 
diterranean, you come firft to Algier, then 
to Tunis, and then to Tripoli; which are 
the only places of any confequence on the 
coaft of Barbary. Continuing your journey 
eaftward, you arrive at Alexandria in Egypt, 
and pafling the mouths of the Nile, you 
come to Grand Cairo; thence, travelling 
with the celebrated Bruce, between the Nile 
and the Red Sea, you traverfe the kingdom 
of Nubia, and arrive in Abyflinia. From 
thence, ftill following the coaft, you will 
not find a name that you have ever heard 
before, or that deferves to be remembered, 
till you come to the Cape of Good Hope, 
at the fouthern extremity of this continent. 
It is a Dutch fettlement, in the country of 
the 
