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Of the Weftern Trovince. 4? 



Sher-fielL This Eminence ftretcheth It felf more than two 

 Leagues along the Sea Shore, and is covered, to the very Sum- 

 mit of it, with aSucceflion of dehcate Plats of arable Ground, 

 hedged in, almoft every where, with Fruit Trees. The caitcrn 

 Point of It, known by the Name of the Ras el Α-ηιοιφοβ forms R^^jj';!^ 

 a large Bay, called the Mers el A-moiifje, where A^efTels lye 

 llieltered from the W. and N.W. Winds. Edriji calls the Pro- 

 montory Β attain and the Atlas Geographiis^ the Carapula and 

 Giraflumar of the Mahometans ; but Thefe Names are un- 

 known, at this Time, to that peaceable Branch of the Befti Me- 

 naffer, who are the prefent Inhabitants. 



Berin-Pjell, a rocky liland, taken Notice of like wife by Edri/r, ^P^^ b=" - 

 lyeth half a Mile to the N. ^ W. of the Ras el A-mouflje. In 

 a late Revolt of the Bern Menaff'er, This Place, 'till they were 

 afterwards attacked by Sea,ferv'd fuch of Them,who could fwim 

 over to It, as a Sanduary from the Fury of the Algerines. They 

 are very fond of telling Strangers, how, upon This Occafion, 

 Harnett Sbengo/, one of their Brethren, and an Inhabitant lately 

 of £■/ Coleab, faved Himfelf and a little Child,by taking It upon 

 His Back, and fwimming with It from thence to the Port of 

 El Colea/j, at twenty Miles Diftance. 



The River Gurmaat falls into the Sea a little to the Eaft-r/^^ Gur- 

 ward of the Mers" el A-moufje. It is made up of the feveral 

 Rills of Water, that fall from the Mountain oiShenooab. One 

 of Thefe Sources, received into a fquare Bafon of Roman Work- 

 manfliip, goesby theNameof [«S/jr/i<^7^6'/jr//^ <^u-^ 3 ^i>-^']7)rink^^^mb ^^c 

 and away, from the Danger of meeting with Rogues and Af- 

 laiTins at This Place. 



Two Miles to the Eaftward of This Fountain, under the Biecdan. 

 Shade of Shenooah, we fee feveral Fragments of Mud-walls, 

 the only Remains of Bleedah, fome Years ago a confiderablc 

 Village of the Arahs. 



When we have paiTed the Gurmaat, we fall in with aNum-TefeQad ^r 

 ber of Stone Coffins, of an oblong Figure, not unlike thofe thatJooue. 

 are fometimes dug up in our own liland. A little farther to 

 the Eaft, under a riling Ground, are the Ruins of Tefeffad, or 

 TfeJ/ad, culed likem^eBlaidel Madoone ^which extend Them- 



I A Serfal ad Promontorium Battal, qaod in mare procunit, habcntur xii M.P. Refpon- 

 det huic Promontorio parva qusdam Infula in mare. Geogr. Nub. p. 86. 2 /itl.Geogr. Vol. 4. 

 p.207• 3 Vid. Not. I. 4 Or /i-?»/irfe9«i•, from the High Buildings. vid.Gtf/. in voce oUc. 



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