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 3S8 plint's NATUEAL HISTOET. [Book Y. The towns of tliis country are Ciillu^ and Eusicade' ; and at a distance of forty-eiglit miles from the latter, in the in- terior, is the colony of Cirta^, surnamed " of the Sitiani ;" still more inland is another colony called Sicca^, with the free town of Bulla Eegia^. On the coast are Tacatua^, Hippo Regius'', the river Armua^, and the town of Tabraca^, •^dth the rights of E-oman citizens. The river Tusca^° forms the boundary of ISTumidia. This country produces nothing remarkable except its marble ^^ and wild beasts. CHAP. 3. (4.) AFEICA. Beyond the river Tusca begins the region of Zeugitana^^, and that part which properly bears the name of Africa^^. ^ Now Chollum or CoUo. 2 The modern Sgigada or Stora, according to Mannert, D'Anville, and Shaw. 3 The modern Constantina occupies its site. Numerous remains of the ancient town are still discovered. Sitius was an officer who served under Csesar, and obtained a grant of this place after the defeat of Juba. ^ Called Urbs, or Kaff, according to D'Anville and Shaw j the latter of whom found an inscription there with the words Ordo Siccensiv/m. 5 Or ' Koyal Bulla' ; which epithet shows that it was either a residence or a foundation of the kings of Numidia, and distinguishes it from a small place called Bulla Mensa, south of Carthage. Bulla Kegia was fom* days' journey south-west of Cartilage, on a tributary of the river Bagrada, the vaUey of which is still called Wad-el-Boul. This place was one of the points of Ptolemy's recorded astronomical observations, having its longest day fom'teen hours and one-eighth, and being distant from Alexandria two hours to the west. ^ The modern Tamseh, according to Shaw and Mannert, and Tagodet, according to D'Anville. 7 Its rums are south of the modern Bona. It received the name of Regius or ' Royal' from being the residence of the Numidian kings. It was also famed as being the see of St. Augustine, It was a colony of Tyi'c, and stood on the bay now forming the Gulf of Bona. It was one of the most flourisliing cities of Africa tiU it was destroyed by the Van- dals A.D. 430. ^ Now the Mafragg, according to Mannert. 3 Still called Tabarca, according to Hardouin, ^^ Now the Zaina, according to Marcus. " For tlie character of the Numidian marble, see PHny, B. xxxvi. c. 7. '2 Extending from the river Tusca, or Zaina, to the northern frontiers of Byzaciiun. It corresponds with the Turkish province or bcylik of Tunis. ^ He says thia not only to distingmsh it from Africa, considered as