of the Wefiern Province. ^ \ 



At fix Leagues Diftance, Jihhel Karkar, a high Kange of J'^'bei Kar- 

 rocky Mountains, bound our Profpedt to the South: And at 

 the hke Diftance from Them, in the fame Direotion, are the 

 rugged Mountains of the Bent Smeal\ beyond which, we fall β^ηί Shrui. 

 in with the Encampments of the Har-arr, the Bedoweens of i ih-hi . 

 This Part of the Sahara. Fig-ig is a Knott of Villages, fiveFig-ig. 

 Days Journey beyond the Bern Smeal to the S.S.W. They are 

 noted for Their Plantations of Palm-Trees, from w hich, all the 

 Wcftern Part of This Province, is fupplyed with Dates. 



Three Miles from Sinan, is the Ford of the Wed el Ma'tlah) wcdeiMai- 

 whofe Banks, being of a gritty fandy Subftance, were wore down ' ^'^'* 

 to the Depth of fifteen Foot where I paiTed Them. A little on 

 This Side, I was fliewn the Place where the elder Barharqff'a 

 ftrewed about His Treafure ' : His laft, though ineifedual Effort 

 to retard the Purfuit of His Enemies. Upon an Eminence, at 

 half a Miles Diftance on the other Side of This River, there 

 is a Moorlfj Sanoluary, with a great Number of Matt amoves 

 dug round about It. The \^otaries or Religious of This Place 

 drink no other Water than That of the Mailah.. 



Bre-deah, a fmall Diftridl, chiefly noted for a large Pond of Bredeah. 

 good "VA'ater, lyeth fix Miles beyond the Wed el Mailah : after 

 which is the fmall Village of Mefergeen, fix Miles to the N.E. Mefcrgeen. 

 oi Bredeah, and as much to the S. W. oiWarran. Mefergeen 

 is noted for a Rill of excellent Water running by It, which over- 

 flows a large Plat of Ground, that produced, when I faw It, 

 Roots and Potherbs of all Sorts for the Market oi Warraji. The 

 Sihkah, a large Plain of fandy Ground, lyeth a little to ther/fSibkah. 

 Southward of Mefergeen, and Bredeah. It extendeth It felf, 

 from the Salt River, to beyond the Meridian oiWarran\ and 

 is dry in Summer but covered with Water in the Winter Sea- 

 fon. Upon the E. and S. E. Borders of It, as far as the Salt 

 Tits of u^rzew and the River Takelet, we meet with the ΐ>οο- 



I El Mdrques [ de Comares] le [ el Rarhdrroja ] alanco ocho Icguas dc Tremeccn, antes dc 

 paffar a un grandc rio que lb dize Htiexda. [ I fuppofc a ionupt'wn cnlj efWed] Barkirroja q 

 vido al Maniues a lus Eipaldas-y tan ccrca que ya venian los Chiiltiaiios rebueJtos con lu;, 

 turcos matando y dcgollando, dava fc pi-ieila por paiTar en toco cafo cl rio y falvaiTc. Υ para 

 mejor lo poder hazcr y cntrcteneral cncmigo, ulo de un undo ell.atJgcnia dc gucrra (ίΐ Ιο 

 nuuiara con otra gcntc} porque mandofembrar muchos v.ifes de oro y de pl.it a, mucbas joyas ynni- 

 cha moneda de que pun todos curgados, con viuchas otras cofas, j ropas muy preciofas : pareciendole 

 que topando los Chriftianos con efto, la cobdkia los harta cntretencr, para cogcrlo, y anii 

 tendria ticmpo para cl y fus turcos poder hiiyr y pallar aqucl rio a fu ilUvo. &c. Epitome de 

 losReges de Argel. Cap.i.n.p.y^. p. Dlega de Haedo. &c. ValUdolid. \ 6 12. Pour Ics [Chri- 

 ftiens] arrcfter il W/Jfoit couUr de terns en terns de I' or & de I' argent par le chcmin. Marmoi. l.y. 

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