22 Geographical Ohfervat'ions upon the Sea-Co φ 



bhefta. 1'he mountainous Diftri6t to the N. and N.E. of the iVed el 



Mailah, is poiTeiTed by the Sheffa: and, upon the Sea-Coaft 



Madagh r/-f below Them, we meet with the fmall Port of Madagh, il- 



fivf.p.^^.A.'tuated about three Leagues from the Ras Azintotire to the 



Eaft. 



i'ive Miles over againft Madagh^ is the Greater of the Iflands 



rh2iflands Hn-beeba, where there is frefli Water and Shelter for fmall 



VeiTels: and upon the Continent to the S.E. below the Moun- 



Andaioufe, tains of the Sheffa, is the fmall Town of Andalouje, built 



PuERo- by a Colony of Thofe Andalufian Moors^ who, in the Begin- 



Γ.ιί!Α. ''■ ning of the laft Century', were driven out of Spain. Six Miles 



to the N. b/ E. of y^ndaloufe^ is the leiTer Ha-beeba ; and over 



Wed ci Ca- againft This Ifland, we have the Mouth of the IVed el Ka- 



River'^of' [dab, fo Called from The [ l^^' ] Reeds growing upon the Banks 



of It. This Rivulet hath It's Sources in the neighbouring 



Mountains, and falls into a Bay, that is bounded to the Eaft- 



Cape Fai- Ward with Cape Falcon, as our Mariners call It; but which is 



el Harihfa, knowtt to the MooYS by the Name of S^Ras el [<-*-/^ ] Harflj. 



^^connJM.fa,'] The Riigged Head-Land. When I paifed by This Cape, 



'"' ^* ■ ■ in the Month oiDecember, there were feveral Pieces of Ground 



on each Side of It, which appeared to be fown with Wheat 



and Barley, but the Tromontory Itfelf is barren and rocky. It 



may be difputed therefore, from Thefe Tokens of Fertility in 



the adjacent Country, whether 77:?ii \st\\Q Metagonium oi Stra- 



ho ; and though the Situation indeed be oppofite to Carthago 



No'va, yet the Diftance from It, is only about thirty Leagues ; 



that is to Jay, not a third Part of the three thoufand Furlongs 



He gives It. On the eaftern Side of the Cape, there is a fine 



fandy Bay, expofed only to the N.E. Winds. This the Moors 



7*1 spani-^ call the Port of Ras el Harfj-fa : and it was Here the ^S/?^- 



near Riid niards lundcd in Their late Expedition^ againft Warran. 



Two Leagues farther, in the fame Direftion, is the Γ/ί="ΐ cs^v] 

 Mers'ei Ke- Mers' el Kebeer , the Tortiis Mamus or Great Tort of the Ro- 



beer Of the 



por'tus mans\ fo named, as Tliny hath obferved, from the Largenefs 



fi.vrp^liiE. and Capacity of It. In Contradiftindlion to This, the Moors 



call another Port, lying five Miles from It, under the Walls of 



I Fuc_efte alio [i<iio] mui notable, por la cfpulfion que cl fe hi7.o Jo los Mor'ifcos dc to- 

 dd Elpana, gente obitinada, y quetcnian intelligcncia con los Turcos, y Moras de Bcrueria: 

 continuol'e la eipulfion efte, y los anos liguicntcs : Salio gran niimcro dcllos, dizen, que al- 

 gunos otros qucdaron defconocidos, y dίrtraςado5. Hijhr. Gen. tie Efpaua per Imn de Ma- 

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