Of the Wejiern Trovince. sy 



difplayed in Their Marches and Engagements. They pay no 

 Taxes, and, being of that Rank oi^rahs which they call [ ^^=- ] 

 Jowaide, ferve the ^Igerines only as \^olunteers. Above the 

 Sweede, ϊΐοχη Tagadempt to the Sehheine Aine , are the Encamp- 

 ments of the Welled Booker •, behind which are thofe ^ϊύ\^ Welle d'f'.f^'^ ^'"'^ 

 Haleef, a Tribe that tills no Ground, and being only intent upon ^,ζ^' '"^ ^^' 

 the breeding of Cattle.keeps for the moil Part within the Sahara, '^t' ^-"'Φ^' 



• \ /r • 1 71 o( The Μλ- 



Some of the antient Mazices and Banturari mieht have had^^^Es and 



Bantvra- 



Their Dwellings, thus far to the Weft ward. ri• exc. 



Two Miles to the Eaft ward of the Arhew, is the Tomb of scedV Abid. 

 Seedy Abid^ built upon the Southern Banks of the Shelltff. Five 

 Miles farther, are the Ruins oi Mejiddah, formerly a Roman ^'^^^"^^'^'^• 

 Station, feated upon a rifing Ground, with the Sbelliff^ below 

 It. Four Miles from Mejiddab, in the like Situation, but at a 

 Leagues Diftance from the River, '\?> Memoun-turroy, (as They^i^moun- 

 call) an old fquare Tower, formerly afepulchral Monument of 

 the Romans. This, like many more antient Edifices, is fup- 

 pofed by the Arabs, to have been built over a Treafure. A- 

 greably to which Account, They tell us, thefe myftical Lines 

 were infcribed* upon It. 



** My Treafure is in my Shade, 

 And my Shade is in 7ny Treafure, 

 Search for It\ dejpair not'. 

 Nay dejpair', do not fear ch. 



5•αΛ/«^-λο (__5lc i_^'j{i^ ^5j.*A/« (_^αΔ.Λθ (_^7^ * 



i. e. 

 * Prince Muimoun Tizai wrote This upon His Tower, 



viz.. 



The Moori/h Secretary who gave me thefc Lines, added, 



Hakeda keel i w' alUh alim. Jlc| N^jt• Jia» Ιι>)Λ 



'^e it isfaid j but God befl knows how it is. 



•e his own Commen 



Round 



but whether thefe Words belonged originally to them, or are his own Comment, I cannot 

 determine. 



