410 ALEXANDRIA TO COS. 
CHAP, ill Ens-land, as memorials of the spot where 
viii. . , . 
^ our troops displayed such signal heroism. 
Beneath these trees, we found some of the smaller 
brass cannon-shot used by the French, when 
driven by our troops along this sandy district. 
Nothing can exceed the dreary nature of all the 
prospect between Alexandria and Ahoukir, if we 
except these plantations : yet in this narrow 
maritime tract ', the whole of which may be 
comprehended in one bird's-eye view^ were 
Of the Ci- situate the cities of Nicopolis, Taposiris Parva, 
ties of Ni- 
copoiis, and Canopus, mentioned by Straho '. A person 
Taposiris . • i i 
Parva, and actually survcymg the country, considers the 
anojtus. ^^^^ ^^ scarcely credible; for where, in this 
(1) The shape of it may be compared to that of a hand, or girdle >' 
and it is worthy of remark, that Strabo, speaking of the district 
between the sea and the Canopican Canal, uses the expression imin 
VII raiyia: whether with reference to the territory between Alex- 
andria and Jboukir, or not, others may determine. 
(2) See the Vignette to this Chapter. 
(3) Msri S» rttt ^luguya rriv la-/ 2;j;£S/av ayaufav, i l|« tTt to» Kavufitf 
rXov; irri ifa^aX,X>iXet rri -rixpaXia, T>) a-pra <t>apou f^ixi' '''"'' K.atu^i*iiv ffro- 
fMtro;' ffnyh yap m Taivla fitra^u ^mxn tou ti vi?.dyiiu; xai rri; eiupuytSt t» 
n IffTtv fj Tt fttxpa, Taviffipi;, ^tra Ttiv 'iiiKo<roXtv xai to Ziipupiot' axpx taiffxot 
ip^Bvffx ^Aptttons 'A^poBirns' to St ■raXaicy, xa.) Qaylt <rita ^okiv hraZfa Ifarn' 
X. «■. A.. *' Postfossam, quae Schediam et Canopum ducit, est navi- 
gatio secundum maritimam oram ei, quae a Pharo usque ad Cano- 
picura ostium perducit, sequalibus semper spatiis opposita : angusta 
enim quasdam fascia inter pelagus et fossam extenditur, in qu& est 
Parva Taposiris, post Nicopolim ac Zephyrium, et promontorium ac 
Veneris Arsinoes sacellum habet. Hoc in loco dicunt olim urbem 
Thonim fuisse, &c." Strabon. Geog. lib. xvii. p. 1135. Oxan. 1807. 
