1 6 Geographical Obfervat'ions 



tresIksu- Three little lilands, where there is good Shelter for fmall 



la:^.e.«. f. y^^gig^ ^j.g fituated to the Ν W of the Mullooia, at the Diftance 

 of ten Miles. Thefe are the Tres InfuL• of the Itinerary. 



yiuageofscc• Six Leagues to the Ε Ν E, is the Village of Seed/ * Abdel- 



moumen or ntoumen^onQ of the tutelar Marah-hutts* or Saints of thisCoun- 



Excjbid.' try, whofe Tomb they have here in the greateft \^eneration. 

 We have below it a fmall but commodious Road, which the 

 Row-Boats of this Country frequently touch at. 



Maifcarda. ^y^ f^\\ \^ ^^\i]^ i\^q lij^^g Convenient Station for fmall Veflels 

 at Mai- fear-da a little fijrther to the Eaft. This is another of 

 the leifer maritime Villages of ^λγ^λγ;', made up, like the reft, 

 in a carelefs, flovenly Manner with Mud, Stone, Timber, and 

 fuch Materials^ as are the moft eailly procured. One of thefe 

 Villages, and perhaps the Firft, may be the Lemnis of the Iti- 

 nerary. 



Jkeu£oii ^^^ Tingitanians have upon the Banks of the Mullooia, in 

 the Road from Tez to Tlem-fan, a well fortified Caftle and a 

 Garr ifon of a Thoufand Men . They have another ftrong Caftle 



Ei-joube er and Garrifon at Γ'-^^=^' i El-Jouhe. for fo they call the Cifterns 

 of Ram-water, that are built about twenty Miles to the Eaft- 

 ward of the Mullooia. In the Wars betwixt the late Muley 

 Ifimael and the Regency of .Algiers, thefe Caftles were of no 

 finall Confequence ; as they ftill continue to be very ferviceable 

 in zwingthe ^ng-gaddiLnd other factious Clans; Inhabitants un- 

 worthy of fo delicious a Country. 



woojcda or IVooje-da, the Frontier Town of the We^Qxn-Moors to the 

 Eaft, lyes about the half Way betwixt El-Joube and Tlem-fan. 

 This is the Guagida ' of Leo ; but we are at a Lofs for the an- 

 tient Name, Ttolemy not having taken Notice of any Inland- 

 Cities between the Parallels of his Rivers Maha and Siga. 



Sdd^"^' ^^ *^^ Southward of EJ-Jouhe and JVooje-da, is the Defert of 

 the^/i;g;-g^<^,whofe numerous and warlikeOifspring extend their 

 Hoftilities and Encampments to the very Walls of Tlem-fan. To 

 the Northward, we have the mountainous and rugged Diftri£t of 



** f ti-iUk. or cVakw] Sid or Seedy. Dominus,Pr'ince^s. vid. Go/, in voce. This is the fame 

 Appellation and Word of Refped amongft the Moors and Arabs, thit Sir, Lord, ot Mafier is 

 with Us; but which They in a higher Degree attribute to their Marab-bntteen; for fo they 

 call fuch Perfons, who are, or have been remarkable for any extraordinary Sanftity of Life, 

 or Aufterity of Manners. I Guagida antiquiffimum oppidum ab Afris, in Planitie fpatiofil- 

 fima exftrudum, ^ niari Mediterraneo Meridiem verfus quadraginta, i Telenfmo autem totidem 

 fere diftat milliaria,in Occidente atque Meridie Angadi deferto clauditur, agros habet foecun- 

 di/Iimos, per hujus urbis medium flumen quoddam prseterfluit &c. J.Lto. Oi^ku^.AfricA.^. 

 p. 190. Ant.\<i%6. 



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