86 Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Farts 



Gumra. Six Lcagucs to the Southward of Vythe el Bothmah, are 



Amouia. GumTct -xvAAmoum, two Dafjkras, with Their Springs and Fruit 



Trees : and beyond Them, at a greater Diftance to the S. W. is 



The^i;/ Maithie\ and then T)immidde , which, with the 



Dimmidde. ^τ- •χ ri ιτλτ 



Low-aare. Dafjkvas of the Low-aate, nnie Leagues tarther to the W. are 

 the moil confiderable Villages of This Part of the Sahara. 

 They have likewife in all Thefe Places, large Plantations of 

 Date, and other Fruit-Trees. 



^, Λ u r The numerous Families of Maithie, Node, and Mel-leehe, 



The Arabs of j ^ 3 



Thn Van e/v^,ith thclr fevcral Subdivifions and Dependents, range all over 



This Part of Gietidta, from the Burg bwaary and the River 



J'ln-enne, to the Dapjkras of the Lo7i>-aate, and the adjacent 



The Ammer. Mountains oi the Ammer, another confiderable Clan, who fpread 



Themfelves over a mountainous Diftrift, a great way to the 



Weft. Their Mountains have been already fuppofed to be 



a Part of the Mor/s Thrurafus\ and indeed, provided the !P/j^- 



rufti^ one of the lefler Geetulian Tribes , who have no fmall 



affinity in Name with It, can be brought thus far to the Eaft- 



The Lowaate ward, the Low-aate and Ammer will fall in very well with Their 



^"«li/^'"^//. Situation. The Tharufii ' by being placed in Ttolem/s Tables 



Pha? vsif ^^^ the Northward of the Melanogcetul't, or of the Mons Sagapola, 



could not certainly be far diftant from It. 



Belli Mez- The Country of the Beni Mezzab is fituated thirty five 



^^^' Leagues to the Southward oi the Low-aate ^.ηά Ammer, con- 



fifting of feveral Villages, which, having no Rivulets, are fup» 



Gardciah. plycd altogether with Well- Water. Gardeiah, the Capital, is 



Bery-gan. thc farthcil to the Wcft Ward '. Bery-gan, the next confiderable 



Grarah. T)a^krah, is nine Leagues to the Eaft ; and Grarah the neareft 



of Them to Wurglah, hath the like Diftance and Situation with 



Refpeft to Bery-gan. The Beni Mezzab, not withftanding they 



pay no Tribute, have been, from Time immemorial, the only 



Perfons employed in the Slaughter Houfes oi Algiers ;hut as they 



are of the Sedl of the Melaki, they are not permitted to enter 



the Mofqties of the Algerines. It may be farther obferved of 



This Tribe, that They are generally of a more fwarthy Com- 



I To 2«;Λ•3•ολ« og^f Λ? 5 sSfof itvT. ξ« « 7ϊ ftie-oii ίττΐχΗ /ui/fiti '>. y-S (MS. χθ^ 



v.eu ti^ ΜΕΛΑΝΟΓΑΙΤΟΤΛΛΝ oi ma Ktcriytm τη (αίτβξί η Σβ^άτολΛ opuf i^ <n Οΐσύ^γακα - - - - 

 τ5 ρ: 'S.oi.y&'Troh* ofBf ίζΛνκΰπζίΐ, ΦΑΡΟΤΣΙΟΙ. Ptoi Geogr. 1.4. C.6. 



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