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Six Miles to the S. E. oiDell/s, not far from the Sea Shore, shurffah, ue 

 we have the principal Village of the Shurffah, the Iomnium^^'^?^}o.\. 

 perhaps of the Antients; as Tackfiht, another Village belonging to iv«/• b." ^''^' 

 the Fleefah ten Miles to the E. may be the Rufuhefer of JusSk-' 

 Ttolemy. IJ/• ^^'' 



Four Leagues farther is the little Port of the Zuf-foone, called Mcis'eiFahm 

 The \^Mers el f^* Fahrn'\ Tort of Charcoal, from the great si's, kt!" 

 Quantities of It ihipped oif for Algiers. There are fome Ruins D.'pί\^ c." 

 at a little Diftance from the Shore, which might formerly be- 

 long to the Riizafus of the Antients. 



Three Leagues farther is the River of Seedy Hamet ^i^/^KLfceiah. 

 Totifef, with the adjacent Dafljkras of the Kefeelah : and at the 

 fame Diftance from thence, we arrive at AJJj-oune-mon-lzar , a Απ, -oiinc- 

 noted Promontory, where we have fome Traces of old Ruins, vT^iZSl 

 the Vnlar perhaps of Ttolemy. Five Leagues to the S. E. of ^" '°' '^ 

 y^pj-oune-mon-kar, not far from the Continent, there is a fmall 

 rocky Ifland ; at a little Diftance from which is The \_Meitfe-couhe Mctrf.- 

 o^ii;^] perforated Rock, anfwering to the tphton οϊ Ttolemy in^"" "^" 

 Import of Name, though not in Situation. The Spanifi Priefts, 

 who have been for many Ages fettled at Algiers, have pre- 

 ferved a Tradition, that Raymund Lully, in His Miffion to 

 Africa, was wont to retire frequently to this Cave for Contem- 

 plation. 



At a fmall Diftance from the Mettje-coube , is the Port otiThe port of 

 Boujeiah, called by Straho the Port of Sarda, a much larger s^rd"!' "'^ 

 one than either That of Warran or Arzew. It is formed how- ^ ' ^ ^ ^" 

 ever, in the fame Manner, by a narrow Neck of Land running 

 out into the Sea. A great Part of This Promontory was for- 

 merly faced with a Wall of hewn Stone, where there was like- 

 wife an Aquedud for the greater Conveniency of bringing Wa- 

 ter to the Port. But at prefent the Wall, the Aquedud, and 

 the Bafons, where the Water difcharged Itfelf, are deftroyed : 

 and the Tomb of Seedy Bufgree , one of the tutelar Saints ofgrecf^"^' 

 Boujeiah, is the only thing for which It is remarkable. 



t Boojeiah or Bugia, as the Europeans write It, is built upon The situation 

 the Ruins of a large City in the fame Manner, and in a like Si- '^ ^"''J^''^^. 

 tuation with T>ellys, though of thrice the Circuit. A great 

 Part of the old Wall is ftill remaining, which, like that of T>ellys^ 

 is carried up to the very Top of a Mountain. Befides the Caftle, 

 which hath the Command of the City, there are other Two, at 



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