5*0 Geographical Ohfer vat ions in the Inland Parts 



that Tlemfan may be an Appellation ' of no longer Handing than 

 the IncuiTions of the Arabs. 

 Hub-bed. One Mile to the Eaftward of Tlemfan, is the Village ^i Hub- 

 hed, reverenced for the Tomb of Sede Boumaidian, which the 

 whole Neighbourhood vifit with the greateft Devotion. At 

 Manfuurah. the fattic Dlftancc, to the Weftward, is the City Manfourah, 

 which, at prefent, hath neither Houfe nor Inhabitant. The' 

 greateft Part of the Wall, built in the fameManner with That of 

 Tlemfan, is ftill remaining. But the enclofed Area, of two 

 Miles in Circuit, is above half of It arable Ground ; Abulha- 

 fen\ during His long Siege oiTle7nfan, intending It, as we may 

 conjeolure from Thefe Circumftances, rather for a Blockade up- 

 on That City, than a Place to be inhabited. Near the Centre 

 of the ^re"^ there is a plentiful Fountain, and a high beautiful 

 Tower : but the Mofque it belonged to, hath undergone the 

 like Fate of the other Buildings, in being entirely pulled down 

 and demoliilied. 

 Th, Ham- Twelve Miles below Tlemfan, upon the Banks of the Iffer, 

 dy^EbiJ.^"" we pafs by the Ham-mam of the Mar-ab-butt Seedy Ebly : near 

 Tibda. which are fome Ruins, probably, of Tibda, taken Notice of 

 The piahn of by the Spantfj Hiftorians \ The Plains oiZeidoure begin at the 

 zcidourc. j^^^^ ^^^^ extend Themfelves, through a beautiful Interchange 

 of Hills and Valleys, to the IFedel Mallah, at thirty Miles Di- 

 llance. This delightful Diftrid:, watered by a Number of Springs 

 Welled zei- aud Rivulets, is cultivated by the IVelled Zeire and Haifa, two 

 te'lIdu?' numerous Clans oi Arabs, fome of the SuccelTors, as we may 

 sii^£«.p. ^^^ Them to be, of the antient Teladuftl 

 shurph' el About the Middle of thefe Plains, is The \Shiirp}S el graah 

 graab. ^^^^j^ ^.i^^^ Tinnack of the Ra'vens, a high pointed Precipice, 

 hinan. with a Brauch of the Sinan running below It. Upon the N.E. 

 Banks of This Rivulet, eight Miles farther, and thirty two to 

 the N. N. E. of Tlemfan, we have the Traces of a large City 

 of the fame Name*. This feems to have been inhabited in the 

 Time of Edri/i, who placeth It two Stations from Tlemfan, 



. ι Derived perhaps from [ *b ] Telem, (Sulcus tcrrx-, fpcciatim faflus fcmcntis ergo ) and 



[ <^w^ ] <i)'.m ( formare, vid hoi. in voce ) upon account of the Ndttire and ^tuUtj of the rich ara- 

 ble Ground round about It. vid.Not.4.p.48. 2 QuartusRcx Fejfa A/ulha/en,i^u'i ex marinis ori- 

 ^incni traxerat.in (ecundo milliariooccidcntem vcifus oppidum conitruxit Tclcufino vicinum. 

 ueindc 7t'/f»(/i««i« oblidione triginta mciiiium ciiixic &c. J. Leo. p. 19%. 3 ^Ifmice Mtrti- 

 ncz— arriva au Til>de & aux B.i'ms qui portent Ic nom dc cctce riviere, &: qui lone a cinq 

 lieues dc Trcmecen. -- 7 Me clloit uue villc tcrnicc dc inurailles — &c. L'/ifr'tque de Mar- 

 »;fl/.l.y.c.2.p.34f. 4 Egrcdicns c rt'/iiwpMconHcics llationem unam ad ^■itt/.?(!'f. AbHacad 

 Cifi [i. c. adcs] Senan, (tationcm alteram. Geo^r. Nub. p. 80. 



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