. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . city are almostentirely dependent on rain-water. But the accountsof the various sieges, and the other historical notices,as well as existing remains, all testify to the factthat there was a copious source of living water in-troduced into the city from without, by extensivesubterranean aqueducts. The subject requires, andwould repay, a more accurate and careful investiga-tion. (See Holy City, vol. ii. p. 453—505.) Besides the other authorities cited or referred toin the course of this article, the principal modernsources for the topography of Jerusale
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . city are almostentirely dependent on rain-water. But the accountsof the various sieges, and the other historical notices,as well as existing remains, all testify to the factthat there was a copious source of living water in-troduced into the city from without, by extensivesubterranean aqueducts. The subject requires, andwould repay, a more accurate and careful investiga-tion. (See Holy City, vol. ii. p. 453—505.) Besides the other authorities cited or referred toin the course of this article, the principal modernsources for the topography of Jerusalem are the fol-lowing:— Dr. Robinsons Biblical Researches, vols,i. and ii; Williamss Holy City; Dr. Wilsons Lands ofthe Bible; G. Schultz, Jerusalem; W. Kraffr,Die Topographic Jerusalem*; Carl Ritter, Die Erd-hinde von Asien, cfc, Palastina, Berlin, 1852, —508: Dr. Titus Tobler, Golgotha, 1851; DieSiloahquelle und die Oelberg, 1852; DenJMdtter ausJerusalem, 1853; F. de Saulcy, Voyage autour de laMer Morte, torn. 2. [G. W.]. COtXS OF AELIA CAPITOLINA (JERUSALEM). IESPUS. [Jaccetani.] JEZREEL. [Esdraela.] IGILGILI Q\yi\yi\i, Ptol.: Jijeli), a sea-port ofMauretania Caesariensis, on the Sinus Numidicus,made a Roman colony by Augustus. It stands ona headland, on the E. side of which a natural road-stead is formed by a reef of rocks running parallelto the shore; and it was probably in ancient timesthe emporium of the surrounding country. ( p. 18; Plin. v. 2. s. 1 ; Ptol. iv. 2. § 11;Ammian. Marc. xxix. 5; ; Shaw, Tra-vels, p. 45; Barth, Wanderungen, $c, p. 66.) [ IGILIUM (Gigiio), an island off the coast of 30 IGLETES. Etraria, directly opposite to the Mons Argentariusand the port of Cosa. It is, next to Ilva, the mostconsiderable of the islands near the coast of Etraria,being 6 miles long by about 3 in breadth, and con-sists of a group of mountains of considerable eleva-tion. Hence Putilius speaks of its Bilvosa cacu-mina. {/tin. i. 325.) Fro
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