Of the Eaflern Province. 



The Wed el Erg , a Brook ouziiig from the Lake of the 

 Nddies is five Leagues from La Calk to the Eaft. This hath 

 been for fome Years the difputed Boundary betwixt the Re- 

 gences (^i Algiers and Tunis ; but as the Country lying betwixt 

 It and the Za'ine , four Leagues farther to the Eaft^ is fre- 

 quently laid under Contributions by the Alger'ines ; I have 

 placed the Eaftern Boundary of Their Dominions, at the Latter. 



Zaine, the prefent Name of the Tufca, fignifieth in the Lan- 

 guage of the neighbouring Kahyles, an Oak Tree\ a Word near- 

 ly of the like import and fignificancy with Thahraca \ 

 J. Leo and others after Him call This River Guadilharbar '^ 

 deducing It from the City Urbs , a great way to the South- 

 ward : but This River is known by no fuch Name at prefent • 

 and hath It's Fountains at no greater Diftance than the adja- 

 cent Mountains. The Ruins of the ancient Thahraca, or Ta- 

 hraca, called at prefent Ta-harha, are fpread over the Weftern 

 Banks of It, where befides fome broken Walls and Cifterns, 

 with a fmall Fort and Garrifon of TuniJeenSy we have the fol- 

 lowing Infcription. 



99 



Wed el Ergi 



The Zaine or 

 TuscA.E>rf. 

 p. 2 1. Cap. 4. 



Ta-barka, or 

 Thabraka 

 Col. JSxf. p. 

 15. B. p. 21. 

 Cap.3. p. 19. 

 Cap. 7. 



D. M. S. 



NEVIA GEMIS 



TA PIA CASTA 



VIX. ANN. XXII. 



MENS. VI. H. XI. 



H. S. E. 



Among the principal Inhabitants of the Maritime Parts of r^^ Mar)t\m, 

 Numidia, we have along the Banks of the Zeamah, the .5m Sa.""^^"" 

 Be-leet : and after Them the Zeramnah, Taahnah, and Bent 

 Minnah, who, with the Hajaitah and Senhadgah, the Bedo. 

 iveens of Torto Ga'ueiio and Ras Hadeed, are the chief Com- 

 munities of the Gulph of Siora. But the Mountains from 

 ΤηεΙζΜβ to Bona ; and the Plains from thence to the Ma-fraggy 

 are cultivated by the Citizens οϊ Bona. The Merdafs, who 



I ©affaige sp"vin quafi frondofam dixcris, propter ambientes Sylvas. Boch. Chan. J.i c.24. 

 f^'f^^itimbriferosub'ipaudhTahrzcafalttis. 7«ν. Sat. 10. 1. 194. 

 iGuadtlbarbar in montibus oritur, agrumX;r/.i Civitatis attingcntibus, & per colles & montes 

 labens, tandam in Oceanum fefe juxta defcrtum r.!i)V!i:<c portum, quindccira circitcr a .^^ee 

 Civuatepailuum millibuscxonerat. y, Z,fo. p. 287. 



Bb X have 



