of the Southern Tro'vince. 71 



to that Degree with Lime and White-Walh, that I could ne. 

 ver particularly diftinguifli Them. They may probably be the 

 fame with Thofe taken Notice of by Gramaje'. The publick 

 Buildings, fuch as are Their Bagnios, Kafljareoo (Sec. Their Offi- 

 cers, as the Mufty, Kady &c. The Inhabitants, as Jews and 

 Moors &c. have been already fufficiently defcribed by feveral 

 Authors. The Additions therefore which I have to make, will 

 relate chiefly to the Government, the Army, and the political 

 Intcrefts and Alliances of This Regency : but of Thefe in Their 

 proper Place. 



Algiers, from the Diftance and Situation of It with Refpeol Algiers, The 

 to Tefeff'ad, fliould be the antient Icofmm, placed in the'*y?/-p^io.A.p.ij! 

 nermy forty feven Miles from Tipafa. Leo^ and Marmot ^- in-p.iicap.i,-! 

 form us that It was formerly called Mefgana from an African^'"^' 

 Family of that Name. The prefent Name [f^>=="^ or h^j^^^ At 

 Je-zeire oY^iJe-zeirah, (for fo we fliould pronounce It) iigni-Aije-zejre, 

 fieth in This Language TJoe JJland\ fo called from being in the"*^ 

 Neighbourhood (not, as Leo'' acquaints us, οϊ xho. Baiearick I- 

 flands, but) of the Eaftern Mound of the Harbour, which, 'till 

 after the Time of the Turkip^ Conquefts, was fevered from 

 the Continent. In Their publick Letters and Records, They 

 Itile It \^^l Je-zeire Megerhie'] The IJland in thelVefl, to diftin- 

 guifli It from a City of the fame Name near the Dardanelles. 



The Hills and Valleys round about Algiers are every where r^? Prof^ea 

 beautified with Gardens and Country Seats, whither the lnh?i-ro!J,d^alTu7 

 bitants of better Faihion retire, during the Summer-Seafon. The ^'"*' 

 Country Seats are little white Houfes, iliaded by a Variety of 

 Fruit Trees and Ever-Grecns ; whereby they afford a gay and de- 

 lightful Profped: towards the Sea. The Gardens are well ftocked 

 with Melons, Fruit and Pot-herbs of all Kinds •, and, what is 

 chiefly regarded in thefe hot Climates, each of Them enjoys a 

 great Command of Water, from the many Rivulets and Foun- 

 tains which every where diftinguifh Themfelves in This Situa- 

 tion. The Fountain-water made ufe of at Algiers ^ univerfally 



I IVLIO Ci£SONI. M.M. PTOLO. IVB. F. . .IS RVFVS ET LETVS 



II LEG. MAVRIT. . . P. O. MAVRIT. X. P. D. ONV. MIS . . 

 PRISCA F. ELIA. POS. COH. IVL. M. F. Gram.^//•. illull. l./.c.i. 



ζ Gefeir Afrjs idem atque nobis infula fonat, undc dcfumptum nomcn putant quod infulis 

 Jlia]oric£, Mhmica atquc Gemf& adjacet. Condicoixs habuit Afros, qui ex familia Mefgane ori- 

 ginem traxerant, quare & apud aiitiquos MefgMht fuit appellata. /■ -^ί•"• 3 Les Maures 

 nommcni ^Iger Gezehe de Beni Mofg.tne. Ellc a elk baitio par de Beraeres de ce nom, fi bien 

 que Ics anciens Hiaoriens Γ appeilent Mofgane. Marm. l.j. c.41. 4 Vid.Not.2. 



S ζ efteemed 



