48 Geographical Objeriattons in the InlandTarts 



continue to form a Stream in that Diredlion, and to turn a Num- 

 ber of Mills, as They formerly are faid to have done. There 

 is a large Source of Water likewife within the City, conducted 

 hither, bv a fubterraneous Channel, from fome other Place : but 

 / the Mountains to the Southward abounding fo plentifully \^•ith 

 Water, there is no NeceiTity of deducing It, with Marniol\ 

 from the Fouara in Numidia \ The ufual Demands of the City 

 are chiefly fupplied from This Source : which, for that Purpofe^ 

 is diftributed through a Number of Conduits to the Caftle, the 

 Mofques, and other Places of publick P.efort. 



The Bafr. jj-, ^j^g ^ Q^ Part of thc City, we have a large fquare Bafon 

 of Mooripj Workmanfhip, two hundred Yards long, and about 

 half as broad. The Inhabitants have a Tradition, that the Kings 

 oiTlemfan were accuftomed to take the Diverfion of the Wa- 

 ter upon It, whilft their Subjecls were at the fame Time taught 

 the Art of Navigation. But the Water of the Sachratain, as 

 Leo^ hath well obferved, being eafily turned oiffrom It's ordi- 

 nary Courfe, This Bafon might have been rather defigned for 

 a Rejmoir in Cafe of a Siege : not to mention the conftant Ufe 

 of It at all other Times, in preferving a Quantity of Water fuffi- 

 cient to refrefli the great Number of beautiful Gardens and Plan- 

 tations below It ^ Edrifi^ takes Notice of a Stru^iure of This 

 Kind, where the Fountain oi Om-Iahia difcharged Itfelf 



TbeWaUs Moil of the Walls of Tlem-fan have been moulded in Frames ; 



made of Mor- . „ _. . ^ 



t^^' and confift of a Mortar made up of Sand, Lime, and Imall Pe- 



bles; which, by being well tempered and wrought together, 

 hath attained a Strength and Solidity equal to Stone. The fe- 

 veral Stages and Removes of Thefe Frames are ftill obfervable, 

 fome of Them being a hundred Yards Long and a Fathom in 

 Height and Thicknefs : by which we may eftimate tlie Quan- 

 tity of Mortar made ufe of at one Time. 

 The chy di- In Order, as we may conjedure, to ftifle any inteftine Com- 

 wardu^' motion,or to prolong a S\t^Q,Tlemfan was formerly divided into 

 feveral Wards or Partitions ; of which there were two in the 



I La vilie de Tremccen ell embcllic de plufieiirs fontaines qui vienncnt toutc•; d' une feule 

 (qu* on appcllc fouara) quel on conduit de Numidia paf dcs canaux Ibuterraines Γ elpace de 

 * lus do trentc licues. L•' Afriqtie dc M.trmol. l.j.c.ii. 2 N.B. Γ/κ• Numidia o/Mannol is 



the Gxtulia of other Authors. 3 Innunieri liic fontes qui omnes Icaturigincin non procul 

 ab urbis macniis habcnt, adeo ut faciliime ab hollibus adimi pollunt aqusedudus. J. Leo. p. 

 194. 4 Habct Teleiifiiii territoi ium clcy;antiiiima fane rura, in quibus ic cives per a;ftateni 

 contincrc iolent : nam jiniiterquaiii quod hie omnia prata rideant, ronces limpidiiIimi,omnium 

 fruduum afflucntia oculos liunc in moduni pal'cunt, ut nunquam in Vita quicquatn amcenius 

 nic vidifib memincrim. y. Lri7.p.iP4. 5: Vid.Not.2.p.47• in fine. 



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