Of the JVeftern Vrovince. s S 



in the Tables, hath a Situation at too great a Diftance to the 

 Eaftward, to be fixed at Mazoima. 



The Country to the Northward oi Mazouna and the Ββ^/ΐτ,ι-^Μαί;- 

 Zerwall, as far as JibhelDifs, is called Ma-grow ah\ after theMag.uwli'. 

 Name of an antient Tribe οι Africans, who have been frequent- Magrowah, 

 ly taken Notice of in the Hiftory of This Country, and ftill 

 continue to poiTefs a great Part of It. The Welled Onfreed, be- w^ijed ou- 

 longing likewife to This Diftrid, live near the Sea Shore, over 

 againit the Tigeon IJIand: whilft the Ze-reefa are poiTcfled of the zercefa, 

 Parts farther to the Weftward, near the Rummel- Ahead, and 

 Hameefe. The Welled Seleema and Wheedam inhabit theweiicdsc- 

 Mountains betwixt Mazouna, and the Beni Zerwall\ They weiied 

 alfo drink of the Tagta and Wartffa\ and fometimes cultivate 

 the plain Country along the Southern Banks of the Shelliff. I 

 could not be informed, that the Country of the Magrowah, 

 was remarkable for any Antiquities; however, 1 prefume, we 

 may take Them, in Conjunftion with the Neighbouring Com- ^f;^^^^^»^- 

 munities, for fome of the SucceiTors oiTiolemfs MacJmftt. ίι.Ά. 



Betwixt the Rivers Mina and Arhew, are the Ruins of Tl^-Tagadempr. 

 gadempt, the Tergdent, Tigedent, or Tigdentum of the Atlas 

 Geographus ' •, placed by Sanfon CX Miles to the S. of Oran, 

 and above CXX to the S. E. of Tlemfan. Yet neither Thefe 

 Diftances nor Diredlions will fall in with our Tagadempty'^Ynch, 

 beins fituated a little to the Northward of the Sources of the 



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Mina, is fixty Miles to the S. E. hjf E. oiWarran, and ninety 

 to the E. N. E. of Tlemfan. It hath been a very large City, 

 abandoned only a few Years ago by the Arabs-, who have taken 

 Care, as ufual, to leave us feveral Marks of Their own Humility 

 and Ignorance in Architeolure, and to pull down and deface, 

 whatever was beautiful and magnificent, in the Buildings of Their 

 Predeceflbrs. If This ftiould be the Tignident of Mar77wl, (and 

 there is no other Place, as far as I could be informed, of the 

 like Name) it will be difficult to account for His making It the 

 Julia Ctefarea, which undoubtedly was a Sea Port Town, far ' 

 removed from the Pofition, wherein we find the prefent Taga- 

 dempt. 



Swamma, another Heap of Ruins, lyeth twelve Miles to the sw™a of 

 S. of Tagadempt, upon the Borders of the Sahara. It is called 



I Venit & alia Zenetorum Familia ex Numidia, quae Ma^raoa dida eft, hxc Mdcn.tfam cum 

 omnibus ducibus regno pulfit, J.Leo, l.i. p.<i. & 20j. 2 Vid. Nor. p.45•- 



Ο X Swamma 



