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the river Laud', which is also navigable for vessels, the town 

 and port of Ehysaddir'-^, and Malvaue^, a navigable stream. 



The cityofSiga"*, formerly the residence of King S}-phax,lies 

 opposite to that of Malaca* in Spain : it now belongs to the 

 second^ Mauritania. But these countries, I should remark, 

 for a long time retained the names of their respective kings, 

 the further Mauritania being called the "land of Bogud%" 

 Avhile that which is now called Ciesariensis was called the 

 " country of Bocchus." After passing Siga we come to the 

 haven called "Portus Magnus^" from its great extent, with a 

 town whose people enjoy the rights of lioman citizens, and 

 then the river Mulucha^, Avhieh served as the limit between 

 the territory of Bocchus and that of the Masssesyli. Next 

 to this is Quiza Xenitana'", a town founded by strangers, 

 and Arsenaria", a place with the ancient Latin rights, three 

 miles distant from the sea. "We then come to Cartenna^-, a 



that it is called the Setuan, and is the largest stream on the nortliem 

 shores of Western Africa. 



^ The modern Gromera according to Hardonhi, the Nocor according 

 toMannert.. 2 r^^Q modern MchUa most probably. 



3 The modem Maluia. Antoninus calls it Malva, and Ptolemy Maloua. 



* Its site is occupied by the modemi Aresgol, according to Mariana, 

 Guardia or Sereni according to Dupmet, Ned- Roma according to Man- 

 nert and D'Anville, and Tachumbrit according to Shaw. Marcus is iu- 

 cHned to be of the same opinion as the last- mentioned geographer. 



* Now the city of Malaga. 



^ Mauritania Ca;sariensis, or Caesarian Mauritania, now forming the 

 French province of Algiers. 



7 "Bogudiana;" from Bogud or Bogoas. The last king Bogud was 

 deprived of his kingdom by Bocchus, king of Mam-itania Ca-sariensis, a 

 warm partisan of Csesar. 



3 Or the " Great Harbour," now Arzeu according to D'Anville, and 

 Mars-el-Kebir according to Marcus. 



^ The same river probably as the ]\ralva or jMalvana proriously men- 

 tioned, the word mulucha or malacha coming from the Greek jxoXoxi]-, " i* 

 marsh mallow," wliich malva, as a Latin word, also signifies. See }). 383. 



^^ From the Greek word ^evos, " a stranger." Pomponius ]\Iela anil 

 Antoninus call this place Guiza, and Ptolemy Quisa. D'Anville places 

 it on the right side of the river Malvana or Midueha, and Shaw says 

 tliat it was situate in the vicinity of the modern town of Oran. 



^' Now Mjirz-Agolet, or situate m its vicinity, according to Hardouin 

 and Ansart, and tlie ]iresent Arzen, according to Marcus, where nume- 

 rous remains of antiquity are found. 



^2 Now Tenez, according to D'Anville, and Mcegraim, according to 

 Mannert ; with wliich last opinion Marcus agrees. 



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