Of the Wejiern Ψτο^Ίηοβ. 6 s 



Betwixt This and the lower Bath, we have the Ruins of anr/.. aqva 

 old Roman Town, equal to that of El Herb a \ and at a little Coh'si. 

 Diftancc from Them, there are feveral Tombs and Coffins of ^■'"■' ' 

 Stone, fome of which, I w as informed, were of an unufual Eig- 

 nefs. Muzeratty^ the late ( Kaleefa ) Lieutenant of ^this Pro- 

 vince, allured me, that He faw a thigh Bone belonging to one 

 of Them, which was near two of Their T^raas or thirty fix 

 Inches, in Length; the like Account I had from other Turks, 

 who pretended, at the fame Time, to have meafured It. But 

 when I was at Thefe Baths, half a Year afterwards, I could not 

 receive the leall Information about It : and the Graves and Cof- 

 fins that fell under my Obfervation, w^ere only of the ufual Di- 

 menfions. However, the People of This, as well as of other 

 Countries, are every where full of Stories and Traditions of 

 This Nature'; which, provided Thefe fliould not be human 

 Bones, ( and the Africans are no nice Diftinguiiliers ) we mav 

 poffibly account for, from a Cuftom, that I have fome where 

 read of, among the Goths and Vandals, which might paf^ over 

 with Them into u4frtca, of burying the Horfe, the Rider and 

 their Armour together in the fame Grave. Long Swords, wath 

 large Handles in the Shape of a Crofs, have been often found 

 in This Country : of which Sort, there is one ftill preferved in 

 the De/'i Palace -xX. Algiers, not many Years ago dug out of the 

 Ruins of Temendfnfe, the Rufgunite Colon'ta of the Itinerary. 



The Country round about Thefe Baths, is made up of a Succef- The puhs of 

 fion of exceeding rugged Hills and deep Valleys, each of Themifah.^'"'"' 

 in It's Turn very difficult and dangerous to pafs over. Yet this 

 Danger and Fatigue is fufficiently anfwered, by our being con- 

 duced afterwards through the rich and delightful Plains of the 

 Mettijiah, lying beyond Them to the "Northward. Thefe are 

 called by Ahulfeda \Bledeah Kiheerah, h<^-^= ^^^^λ^] A Vafl Coun- 

 try ^ being near fifty Miles long and twenty broad, watered in 

 every Part by a Number of Springs and Rivulets. The many 

 Country Seats and \_MaβJareas^^ Farms of the principal lnh2i-TheF^r,»s or 

 bitants oiy^lgiers, are taken out of Thefe Plains; it beuig chiefly ίί "'"''' "^ 



I yigr'icoU incurvo tenant mol'itus aratro, 



Exefd inveniet fcal/ra nib'ig'ine piLt : 



yiut gravtbus rufiris galeas pulfabit inanes, 



Grand'uque effoffxs mirabitur offa fepukhrls. Virg.Georg.I. I.494.&C. 



2 GhijLaier Mazghannan fita ad littus maris, eft admodum populofa & mcrcatorcs lucri ad-- 

 dirtiilimi : placca; ejus elegantes ; ubi adjacct Γ ϊ^λΓ w j«,U Ί yibulf. Ex tradud. V. CI. 

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