[953] Plutarch. Sertorius.
[954] Ebba-Ras.
[955] Probably Tafna.
[956] Jama.
[957] According to Shaw, who however did visit the place, its ruins are still to be seen by the present Tucumbrit; others identify it with Areschkul of the Arabs, at the mouth of the Tafna near Rasgun.
[958] In the text μεγέθει δὲ ἑπτασπονδύλων, scorpions “of seven joints” in the tail; the correction of Letronne, which Kramer supports, is adopted. Groskurd however retains the text, and reads μεγέθει δὲ [ὑπερβαλλόντων καὶ ἐσθ’ ὅτε ἑπτασπονδύλων, “of enormous size, and sometimes of seven joints.”
[959] Cherchell, a corruption of Cæsarea-Iol.
[960] Ebba Ras (the seven capes) or Bougaron.
[961] Bougie.
[962] Shaw has the merit of having first pointed out the true situation of this celebrated city. Before his time it was sought sometimes at Biserta, sometimes at Farina, but he fixed it near the little miserable “Douar,” which has a holy tomb called Boushatter, and with this view many writers have agreed. Adherbal, however, was besieged and captured in Cirta (Constantine), B. C. 109.