ί ο Geographical Ohfer nations 



and fo on to the Mers elFahm, the Shore inclines a little to the 

 Northward ; the feveral remarkable Headlands continuing after- 

 wards to lye in the fame Parallel. In ihort^ there is fo great 

 a Diiference in the whole, that thofe Places which Tiolemyh^th 

 fixed in a Southern Inclination, fhould have had a Northern one : 

 and the Great 'Promontory, which He place th 3°. ly'. to the 

 Northward oi His ^mpfaga, will be found to lie 1°. 37'. to the 

 Southward of it ; not to mention other Places in His Tables 

 that are put five Degrees, or CCC Miles farther to the South- 

 ward, than They are found to be by Obfervation, 

 TheOijagree- So much lu general for the comparative Geography of this 

 /To/^'gT/- Kingdom. As for particular Places, Cellar'ms hath already ob- 

 fJtT/.ji-ferved, that the Order and Situation of them is variouily fet 

 tuuiarpiaccs. ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Anticnts ■. I have feen enough of this Country, 

 to be of his Opinion ; and if we may be permitted to fix the 

 Situation of the old Rivers, Ports, or Cities of It, by fomefew 

 antient Names, Ruins, or Traditions of them, that are continued 

 down to our Times, we ihall frequently have occafion to com^ 

 plain of the Want of Accuracy in thofe who have defcribed them. 

 The Method To Hiakc Way for the fubfequent Obfervations upon the Three 

 Tfiriit^s Provinces of this Kingdom, I ihall begin with a ihort Account of 

 Khgdom. ^^^^ p^^^ ^^ ^^^ Mauritania Ccejarienfis which belongeth to the 

 Weftern-JV/oorj ; defcribing, as I go along, in Relation to 

 Them All \ Firft, The mo β remarkahle Tlaces and Inhabi- 

 tants upon the Sea-Coafl ; Afterwards, Thofe in the Inland- 

 Country correfponding to Them. 



CHAP. II. 



Geographical Ohfervations in that Part of the Maurita- 

 nia Ciefarienfis , 'which helongeth at prefent to the 

 Tingitanians, or Weftern-Moors. 



IT hath been already obferved, that the Mauritania C^fa- 

 rienfis extended it felf, near fifty Miles to the Weft ward of 

 the Kingdom of Algiers ^ as far as the Maha \ which being 

 a River much taken Notice of, both in the old and new Geo- 

 graphy, I ftiall begin the Account, I am going to give of this 

 Country, from that River. The Malm then, Malua, Μαλν*, 



I Multa in MAuntaiM turbata & confufa videntur, quod ad loca fingulademonftrabimus• 

 Qellca, Gcogr. Antiq. I. 4. Cap. j. p.i2<i. 



and 



The River 



Malva or 

 MuUooia. 



