Ancient Geography, a city of Sicily, built by the Syracusans on an eminence near the sea, in the south of Sicily, to the west of the promontory Pachynum, between two rivers, the Hipparris and Oamus. Of so famous a city nothing now remains but its name and ancient walls, a mile and a half in compass, with the slight remains of houses: now called Camarana.

Camarina Palus, a marsh or lake, near the city Camarina, and from which it took its name. In a time of drought, the stench of the lake produced a pestilence; upon which the inhabitants consulted the oracle, whether they should not quite drain it. The oracle dissuaded them: they notwithstanding drained it, and opened a way for their enemies to come and plunder their city: hence the proverb Ne moveas Camarinam, that is, not to remove one evil to bring on a greater. Now Lago di

Camarona, situated in a beautiful plain, under the very walls of Camarina, and of a triangular form.