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« VÍ8-à-vi3 de la mor de Tlnde, du côté de l'Occideiit> 

 »» une autre nier sort derOccau àl'occident du pays des Zin- 

 » djes, et se termine aLi|)r'^s de la montaj^ne des toiírlcrelleu. 

 » DanB cette mor se d»^cliar^u le Nil (^Niger) , qui vient de 

 >» la partie la plus élevée du pays des Abyssins. A son extré-' 

 » mdé se Irouvent les ilos fortunées, situées sous le parallè-* 

 » le Occidental le plus éloiyntí. » 



N. XXVI. i p. 109. 

 Al-makkarí. 



ín tlid same sea whcre lhe island of Cadiz stands there 

 are others cailed tho eternal {Al-Kliálidal), which are seven in 

 number^ and whicli lie to the west of Salé. These islands may 

 be seen a g^reat distance ofTatsea, and in olear summer daySj 

 when (he atmosphcre is quite puré and frce from vapours or 

 niiít, tliey are discovered rising far above the horizon. Ac- 

 cordiug to the geographer Ibnu-1-wardí , there is in each of 

 these islands a tower , one hundred cubits hiijh , on the top 

 of wich is an idol of brass , pointing with his band towards 

 the sea , as if he meant << there is no passage beyond those 

 islands. » Ibnu-1-wardí adds that he could not renicmber the 

 name of the King whoefected those towers ; but we fuid that 

 Idnsí attributes them to Iskander dhú-l-karneyn. 



In this sea (ocean) , and further towards the north , aro 

 the islands cailed As-sa^-ádát (the foftunate), in which Ihere 

 are maiiy cities and towns, and from whence the Majús, a 

 hation of Christians, carne. The nearest of thcse islands rs 

 that oí Britawúyah (Britain), which is placed in the midst 

 of the Ocean, and has no mountains or rivers. The inhabi- 

 tants drink raln-water , and, cullivate the land. 

 2.* SERIE. TOM. I. p. n. Kk 



