^4- (jeographical Ohfervations in the Inland Parts 



fer^n^rfJU There is a great Difagreement betwixt Ttolemy and the Au- 

 dow,: by Pro- thor of the Itinerary, in the Situation of Their Mcmiana^ or 



Icmy avd the -.^ ,,. -^ _ 



Itinerary. MaUiana. For the nrft placeth It lo. to the Weftward of the 

 Oppidoneum or Oppidum Novum, and the latter eighteen Miles 

 to the Eait. Nay Ttolemy maketh a Difference of near 4°. or 

 τ^ο Miles in Their Latitudes. The Name then ( which may 

 be fuppofed to have been inviolably prefer ved ) with a Pre- 

 fumption that the MaUiana of the Itinerary is the fame with 

 the Maniana of Ttolemy, are the only Circumftances to deter- 

 mine us: which, at the fame Time They prove the Monies Ga- 

 raphi to be ouxJihhelZichar, fliew us the great Errors that may 

 have crept into Ttolemf^Td^AQS', inafmuch as, by Them, we 

 E.w.p.io.ii.are to look for Maniana and the Monies Garaphi, at, I know 



not how great a Diftance, in the Sahara^ 

 nr Ham- Eidit Miles to the E. N. E. of Maliana, at nearly the half 

 reega, Way bctwixt the Shelliff Άΐιά the Sea, are The \^Hammam'\ 

 ?α\ιΪΪ?^ ^^//:;j of Mereega, the ^quce CalidiS Colonia of the Antients. 

 *^iz α""'' ^^^^ largeft and the moft frequented of Them, is a Bafon of 

 twelve Foot fquare, and four in Depth : and the Water, which 

 bubbles up in a Degree of Heat juft fupportable, after It hath 

 filled this Ciftern, paiieth to a much fmaller one made ufe of 

 by the Jews, who are not permitted to bathe in Company with 

 the Mahometans. Both Thefe Baths were formerly covered 

 with a handfome Building, having Corridores of Stone running 

 round Their Bafons ; but, at prefent. They lye expofed to the 

 Weather, and, when I faw Them, were half full of Stones and 

 Rubbifii. A great Concourfe of People are ufually here in the 

 Spring, the Seafon of Thefe Waters : which are fuppofed to re- 

 move Rheumatick Pains, to cure the Jaundice, and to alleviate 

 moft other inveterate ill Habits and Diftempers. Higher up 

 the Hill, there is another Bath, of too Intenfe a Heat to bathe 

 in : which is therefore conducted through a long Pipe into an- 

 other Room, where It is made ufe of in an Operation ' of the 

 Same Nature and EiFeft with our Pumping. 



I Afperfionem in Balneis naturalibus Ducciam appellant. — Sunt ergo In Balneis, qua: ad 

 hunc ufum probantur, conftitut^E fiftulx — quae digit! parvi magnitudinc vol majori, ubi opus 

 eft, volubiii cpiftomio claufe ; e fuperiori alveo, qui infixas ex ordine liabcat fiftulas, ac ila- 

 tim ^ communi fonte finceras recipiant aquas, pro eo ac quifquam voluerit, vcl quantum vo- 

 luerit, reclulb epiftomio, vel claufo infundant ftillicidium. Delabuntur autem fie aquse pal- 

 mi unius, vel ad fummum cubiti ipatio, unde ex infuitu convenientem faciant imprcffioncm; 

 vel in Balneum, vel in fubjeftuni ad eas recipiendas alveolum. &c. Bdcdus de Thermis lib. 2. 

 cap.id. 



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