72 Geographical Ohjervnttons upon the Sea Co aft 



efteemed to be excellent, is Ukevvife derived, through a long 

 Courfe of Pipes and Conduits, from Thefe Sources. 

 r^eHaratch, Four Mues to the S. E. οϊ Algiers is the River Haratch, 

 which rifeth behind the Mountains of the Beni Moufah ; and^ 

 joyning The [ Wed el Kermez ] Fig- River, runs through the 

 richeft Part of the Meitijiah. It is about half as big as the 

 Ma-faff'ran and had formerly a Bridge built over It, at a fmall 

 Diftancc from the Sea. Marmol ' and fome later Authors ac- 

 quaint us, that the Ruins οι Safa, called otherwife Old Algiers, 

 are to be feen near the Banks of It ; but I could never meet 

 with Thefe Ruins, nor receive the leail Information about Them. 

 This, or the Hameefe which falleth into the Sea feven Miles to 

 the N. E. may perhaps be the Savm oiTtolemy, though nei- 

 ther the one nor the other anfwereth to the Latitude, which 

 is xo' to the Northward of Icofium. 

 Of The Ha- The Hameefe is fomewhat fmaller than the Haratch, having 

 SAvus.Evf. Ifs Fountains among the high Mountains of the Beni Jaat, 

 ^''°' " eight Leagues to the Southward. In paffing through the Diftrids 

 of the Me-gata zxAEl-Hhiithra, It goeth by the Name of [-^r- 

 ha-taafi el Mukdah^ The Fourteen Fords', and, entering the 

 Meitijiah, is called the Ha?neefe, from The [ (->"<s*as^\ ^j^ Souk 

 el Hameeje ] Fair that is kept every fifth T>ay, [ or Thurfday ] 

 upon the Banks of It. Leo ' calls This River Seffaia, a Word not 

 very different from the antient Savus : but I could not be in- 

 formed, that It was known by any fuch Name at prefent. 

 JnTrhk-vs- '^ Temendfufe or Metafus lyeth two Leagues N. of the Ha- 

 ο^Ι^ΐΆ^οίγ^ΐζζβ^ being a low Cape with a Tabled Land, as the Mari- 

 es RusTo- ners call a flat Hillock, that rifeth up in the Middle of It. Up- 

 A. o/ru- on that Part of It which looketh towards Algiers, the Turks 



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ip.A.orRus-have a fmall Caftle for the Security of the adjacent Road, once 



p.xlD.p.Bo.'the chief Station' of the ^4m«^ Navy; and where we have itill 



"^'^ ' " fome Traces of the antient Cothon. A Heap of Ruins, of the 



fame Extent with Thofe of Tefe[fad and whofe Materials have 



equally contributed to the railing the Fortifications of Algiers, 



are fpread along This Part of the Sea-fliore. The Diftance of fif- 



I 8λ(^λ eft unc villc dont on voir Ics ruines zntvo. Algiers & Metafus, fur la Cofte de la mer 

 Mediterrancc. Elle eft fur le bord d' une riviere (Hued el Hurrax. ) L' Afr'iqiK de Marmol I. j. 

 cap. 42. Atlas Geogr. Vol. 4. p. 202. 2 Seffaia amnicuhis ex Atlante provcniens ac Met'igtA 

 Planiticm ^Igeris. vicinam afflucns, juxta vctultum oppidum7iWfH(i/i//2 in mare Mediterraneiim 

 fluit. y.L•o. p. 286. 3 Ab yflgez-aier ad Tamendfas, orientem vcrlus, novciu milliarta : eft 

 autem Tamendfoi Portus pulcherrimus. Geog.Nub.^.%2. Temendfufe iatis frcqucns hie eft Por- 

 tus, in quo GV/iir naves in tuto funt, his cnim vix alius eft Portus. J.Leo, p.204. 



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