^4 Geographical Obfervations upon the Sea Co π β 



The Rhcr Thrce Miles to the N.W. οϊ Kulmeeta, is the Mouth of the 

 China- River ShelUff, a Corruption of the Chhialaph of the old Geo- 

 p.p. D. ' graphy. This is the moft noted River of the Kingdom, and 

 arifeth in the Sahara, at the Diftance of fourfcore Miles, to 

 the S.E. The Fountains of It, called from Their Number and 

 Contiguity, [u^<s= ^y*^^ Sehheine Aine or Sebaoun ΑιοηπΛ^ The 

 Seventy Fountains, are no fooner united, than they fall into 

 the Channel of theiV^^V Waffel, a little adjacent Brook, which, 

 upon this Conflux, lofeth It's Name. 

 The-Rivuietof The firft Courfe of the Shelliff, for the Space of thirty two 

 Miles, is to the Eaftward ; where It takes in the Rivulet of 

 Midroe, a Village of the Sahara, at the Diftance often Leagues 

 from The Seventy Fountains. From the Influx of this Rivulet 

 to the Precinots of the City Medea, forty Miles farther, the 

 Shell'iff h.2X\\ a more Northerly Diredion ; 'till, receiving the 

 been?^'" ^^^^^^^^i It immediately changeth It's Courfe to the Weft- 

 ward, and continueth afterwards to run nearly in a Parallelifm 

 with the Sea Coaft. 

 JJ'j wed^ei After the Harheene, the next confiderable Contribution to 

 fbZ "^ " ^^^'^ Shelliff, is from The [ Wed el [ ^^» ] Fuddah ] River of 

 Tlate, fourteen Leagues to the Weftward. This River hath 

 It's Sources at IVan-nafi-reefe ', a high rugged Mountain, ge- 

 nerally covered with Snow, and remarkable for It's Mines of 

 Lead Oar. In great Rains, many Fleaks and Sparkles of This 

 Mineral are brought down by the River, which being after- 

 wards left upon the Banks and glittering in the Sun, give Oc- 

 calion to the Name. Several Geographers have been miftaken 

 in deducing the River Shelliff^, inftead of This Branch of It 

 only, from the JVan-na^-reefe. 

 r/&iArhew. Scvcn Lcagucs to the W.S.W. of i\\€Wed el Fuddah, over 

 2%2\.vl^ Mazouna, the Shelliff is further augmented by the ^r- 

 hew, which hath It's Fountains fix Leagues to the N. N. W. of 

 the Sehheine Aine, and runs almoft parallel with the Mina. 

 The Mina. The Shelliff' rQcavQ?, the Mina at the Diftridl oiEl-mildy-ga, 

 five Leagues to the Weftward of Arhew, and fifteen to the 

 S.'E.oiJihhel'Difs. It confifts of two Branches: theWeftermoft 



• I Gmnfer'ts vifendx altitiidinis mons.y. Leo p.20 j. 2 Ex monce Wan-uapj-rcefe '',_;a*:>^i«'] 



fcaturit fluvius Selif [ (_»λν^ ] Celebris. • Eft fluvius magiius, qui increlcit dum cxteri flu- 



vii decrefcunt, inftar Wtit Egypi't. Ebn Said in Abulf. ut fupra. 5V///magniis fluvius, ex Guau- 

 fer'is montibus originem ducens, per incultas planities ad ConHnia Rci^norum Tenez. ac Te~ 

 lenfin labitur, atque hinc M^zjtgranum i Mtifiegani diftermiuans [ quo fallitur ] marc Mediter- 

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