Of the TVeflern province. ;) 2j 



Wary an, [ Meri' el Seigh-her, ^^**^^^ι_«-ν- ] The [mall Tort: 

 but being expofcd to the Northerly Winds, very little Ufe 

 is made thereof, except in favourable Weather. The Men el 

 Kebeer, Maz-al-qupvir' oy Merfalcab'ir' as the «S/j^;///?; Hiito- 

 rians call It, is formed by a Neck of Land, which advanceth 

 almoft a Furlong into the Bay, and thereby fecures It from 

 the N. and N.E. Winds. The Caftle, built for the Defence of 

 This Port, was more remarkable, when 1 faw It, for Spaciouf- 

 nefs and Extent, than for Strength and Beauty ; though a great 

 Part of It, particularly to the Weftward, is artfully enough 

 hewn out of the natural Rock. Hard by the Caftle are feve- 

 ral Ruins, but not fo many, as to cover any confiderable Space 

 of Ground. It is poiTible They may be fome Ren^ains of the 

 Town mentioned by Tltny\ and later Authors. 



If therefore we take the Mers elKeheer for the Tortus Magmt^s '^'^^ ^«ί v.;.-/ 

 of the Antients, and the Wed-el Mailah for the Salfum F//^we';/,iun/Fiurneii 

 ( whereof, the Tradition of the fame Appellations from Time t^u's Magnus', 

 immemorial, may be a fufficient Proof) we iliall have in Them 

 a clear Demonftration, how little we are fometimes to depend 

 upon the Diftances and Situations of Places, as They are tranf- 

 mitted down to us from Antiquity. For the Author of The 

 Itinerary ' aiTigns o?ie hundred and feiien (Roman) Miles for the 

 Diftance between the Salt Rher and the Great Tort, whereas 

 It will not Q\CQC(\ fifty four. We ihall be likewife at a Lofs to 

 determine the particular Situation of Crifpa, G'lha Colonia.^ukthchnn- 

 Caftra Tuerorum, and the Tortus Ί)ΊνΊηϊ, which are ranged, \η^<γ'^!§λΙ~χ 

 the Itinerary, along This Part of the Coaft. For, if we takeJ'^/J £l- 

 Madagh for Cri/jb^ or Giha rather; and ylndaloufe for the Ca^i^Tdlrr' 

 flra Tuerorum, whoever iliall double the Ras Az'intoure, \\W\ 

 find the Diftance between the Salt River and Madagh, amount 

 to no more than twenty three Miles, inftead of thirty, as The\• 

 are given us in the Itinerary. The Proportion will be ftill leis, 

 both with Refpea to the Space between Giha and the Caβra 

 Tuerorum ; and between the Caftra Tuerorum and the Tortus 

 Di'uini ; inafmuch, as the Diftance Here will be only feven 

 Miles, inftead of eighteen ; and, in the other Inftance, it will 



I \Uruin.Hift. de Efpa»a, ut fupra. p.dyi— 7—8, paffim. 2 Goinedus de rehusgedh Fr- 

 \nnen. I.4. p.1022. 3 Exc. p.21. E. MerfcaUab'tr oppidalum noftris temporibus i Telenfini 

 Rep conditum. y.Lfo.p. 198. A Merzalquibir il ya un bon chafteau, outre la ville. DeLrip. 

 del ^/n</Kf par P. D' Avitj. Par.io^^. p.pj,. 4 Exc. p.zf.A- 



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