98 Geographical Ohjervations upon the Sea-Coaft 



over agaiiift Gelma,^ in the Boo-hammam. The Sei-hotife ftill 

 continuing in an Eafterly Diredion, is augmented by the Wed 

 el Mailah near the Meridian of Bona ; and then altering It's 

 Courfe to the Northward, traverfeth a moil delightful Coun- 

 try all the way to the Sea. 

 r/..Marragg, Four Leagues farther is the Mouth of the Ma-fra^, a River 

 εΆ?ϋίΐ fomewhat lefs than the Sei-houfe, whofe Fountains are at no 

 ^«•ρ•'3• gj-eater Diftance, than the Mountains which lye S. of the 

 Merdafs. A high Bank of Sand, raifed by the N. and N. E. 

 Winds, generally flops up the Mouth of It, which, except after 

 great Rains, is feldom open. The Sei-boufe and Ma-fra^, the 

 principal Rivers betwixt Hi^^o and Tabraca, anfwer to the 

 Armua and Rubricatiis of the Antients. Thuanus * feems to 

 have been badly informed concerning the Courfe of the Latter, 

 in condu6ling It, below the Tromoniorium ^poUinis, into the 

 Gulph of Carthage. 

 Cape Rosa. Doubling Cape Rofa, five Leagues from the Mafra^ to the 

 Baftion. N. E. we tum into the Baflion, where there is a fmall Creek, 

 and the Ruins of the Fort, which gave occafion to the Name. 

 The Fadory of the French African Company, had formerly 

 Their Settlement at This Place : but the unwholfomenefs of 

 the Situation, occafione'd by the neighbouring Ponds and 

 LaCaiie. Marilics, obliged Them to remove to La Calk. This is ano- 

 ther Inlet, three Leagues farther to the Eail, where Thofe 

 Gentlemen have a magnificent Houfe and Garden, three hun- 

 dred Coral Fifliers, a Company of Soldiers, feveral Pieces of 

 Ordinance, and a Place of Arms. Befides the Advantage of 

 the Coral Fiihery and the whole Trade of the circumjacent 

 Country, They have alfo at Bona, Tuckufi, Sgigata and Cidl^ 

 the Monopoly of Corn, Wool, Hides and Wax ; for which Pri- 

 vileges They pay Yearly to the Government of Algiers, to the 

 Kaide of Bona, and to the Chiefs of the neighbouring Arabs, 

 thirty thoufand Dollars, or about five thoufand Guineas of our 

 Money. The Baftion, and La Calle, are, I prefume , too 

 contiguous to be taken for the Diana and Nalpotes of the 

 Itinerary. 



* Kubrtcato fluvio, (\m ζ\ψ Ardal'to, hoa'ie Ladogus paullum invcrfo nomine vocatur, ad 

 Hipfonem continuo tradu oricntem verfus era porrigitur; inde paullum intra recedens ad 

 Hipponitidem paludem & ΤΐιΊη'φηι dim diitam finuatus atque in majrc excurrens Apolllnis 

 promoniorium efEcit. Tliuan. Hill. 1. /■ p• 612. 



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