5*4 Geographical Ohfeyuations in the Inland Parts 



zecdaamah. Befidcs thc Zeeduamah and Mahall, who are Branches of the 

 FieVt^ah". Si4/eede, we have in Thefe Parts the Arabs Fleetah, Mailiff, 

 Bookham- and Boo-hhammel. The Zee-daamah and Fleet ah poflefs, as far 

 '"^^' as the Sahara, the greateft Part of the Country betwixt the iMe- 



ridians of El Callah and Mafcar ; whilft the Welled Mailiff iiVQ 

 met with at Madder [^^^ ] a fmall miry Diftri6l (as the Name 

 implyeth,) with a Rivulet, four Leagues diftant from the Ha- 

 hrah. Five Miles farther, near the half Way to the River 

 Mina, are the Doo-wars of the Mahall, who drink of the Fre- 

 tiffah, a Fountain and Rill of good Water, fliaded by a beauti- 

 ful Grove of Poplar Trees. Beyond Thefe again are the Boo- 

 khammel, the moft Northern of Thefe Communities, who rare- 

 ly wander to the Southward of Kulmeeta and the Banks of the 

 Shelliff\ 

 Mons. DvR- The Mountains hitherto defcribed, lyins; betwixt Thofe of 

 10. D. Trara and El Callah, feem to be the TJurdm of Ttolerny-\ as 

 the y^ngad, the Beni Snoufe, the Beni Smeal, with fome of 

 mas^sy- the Branches of the Sweede and Hafjem, may be taken for the 

 T^! Exc. p. Succeflbrs of the Maffa[}dii, and Dryitce, 

 The Brook Scvcn Milcs to the Eaftward of the JVfi;/^, is the Brook Ta- 

 Bem zcr- gta, which dcfccuds from the Mountains of the Bent Zerwall, 

 a little to the Northward of the ShelUff. Thefe Mountains 

 fliadc yll-Had and other Parts of the fruitful Diftrid of £/ Mil- 

 degah, and are noted for Their excellent Figs. 

 7τ.ί wariffa. The JVaTiffa, another fmall Brook, to the Northward alfo of 

 the ShelUff, is two Leagues from the Tagia. After It hath wa- 

 tered Mazouna, It is employed, like the Sikke, in overflowing 

 the fertil Plains towards the ShelUff. 

 Mazouna. Mazouna is fituated four Miles to the Northward of the Shel- 

 Uff, at the Foot of a long Chain of Mountains, which begins a 

 little to the Weftward of the Beni Zerwall, and runs parallel 

 with the ShelUff' 2i^ far as Medea. It appears only to have been 

 founded by the Moors, being of the fame Structure with El 

 Callah, without the Footfteps of any fuch Roman Temples and 

 fumptuous Edifices, as are mentioned by Zi^pper and Marmol•' 

 The Authors of the Atlas Geographies" make this A^illage the 

 Colonia Novi Caflri, and the Oppidoneum of Ttolemy, which, 



I Vid. Atl. Geogr. Vol. 4. p. 208. La Contree de Maz.una eft fort eftenduc & I'on y volt 

 les Ruines de plufieurs villcs qui ont efte deftniites depuis Ics Ronut'tns, ou Γ on remarque 

 encore de grandes Tables d' albatre & des ftatucs de pierces avcc des Infcriptions Latines. 

 L' Afr'ique de Marmol. I.j.c.jy. 2 V^id, ut fiipra. 



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