Of the Weflern Trovince. 2 1 



not, I prefume, be difputed, we cannot well require any further 

 Proof, that the Tafna is the River, and Tadzum-hreet the Ci- 

 ty Siga. Both of Them feem to have been known to Scylax Sicum.ev. 

 but the City He calls Sigum. ^"^' 



Leaving the Ταβα and the liland ^cra to the S.S.W. we im-mi-iea, 

 come to a fmall Creek, commonly called the Port of Im-mi. 

 fea. The ^rahs have a Tradition, that This was formerly a 

 Port belonging to the Town of Tranf-rant, now a Heap of ^'^^^'^^-'^^"^• 

 Ruins, at two Miles Diftance from It, within the Plains of 

 Zei-doure. By thefe Ruins gently paiTeth a little Brook, which, 

 after It hath refrefhed the Country of the IVelled Haifa, em- 

 pties Itfelf into the Port. One or other of thefe Places iliould 

 be the antient Camarata, placed in the Itinerary at equal Di-^amara- 

 ftances from the Tortm Sigenjis and the Salfum Flumeri. 4' a. '''' ^' 



Three Leagues to the N. fy W. of the Port of Im-mi-fea, is 

 the Mouth of the fFed' e/ Mai/ab, a Stream fomewhat lefs ^-^^wed d 

 than the Cherivell as It pafleth by Oxford. The [^^^^^ ^b] If^ed el^^'^^^ " 

 Mailah is The Salfum Flumen, or The Salt Rher of the Antients, flumen- 

 and bears the fame Signification : fuch Appellations having been ^«• p•"^ 

 probably given to This River in all Ages, as were expreffive of 

 the Saline Duality of It's Water. The Sources of It are at 

 Sou/ el Tell, a fmall Diftria: about ten Leagues to the SE; 

 where It is ftrongly impregnated with Salt : but, receiving fome 

 Rivulets of freih Water in It's approaches to the Sea, becomes 

 a little more diluted ; though I found It much too heavy and 

 brackiih to be drunk, when It paiTed the Plains of Zei-doure. 

 Yet notwithftanding this offenfive Quality, fuch is the Want 

 of good Water in the Neighbourhood, that the ^rahs, by ha- 

 bitual Cuftom, are reconciled to the Tafte and drink It with- 

 out Relu6tance. The Si-nan, the moft confiderable of the ne si-nm. 

 Brooks falling into thQWed el Mailah, hath It's Sources at no 

 greater Diftance, than the Southern Confines of the Plains of 

 Zei-doure. It glides in a Variety of beautiful Windings through 

 This fruitful Diftria, and is known by feveral Names, accord- 

 ing to the remarkable Places vifited by It in It's Courfe. The 

 IFed el Mailah, when united with the Si-nan, runs but a little 

 Way, before It difchargeth Itfelf into the Harfi-goone. 



'*\:> t>^^ Wei, vallisj Alveus fluvii : & ipfe Fluvius. vid. Gol. in voce. The Common 

 Term in Barbary for a River : NahAr (^^i J the general Word elfewhere, being rmlj made ufe of 



in This Country. 



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