I ο ο Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Country 



have continued to live in This Situation from the Time of | 

 J. Leo\ are the Bedowee^is of the champain Country betwixt 

 the Ma-fragg and the Forrefts on this Side the Βαβϊοη : beyond 

 which^ are the Mazoulah, who have an unwholfome Diitritl, 

 full of Ponds and Marilies, quite along to the Nad'ies. Thefe, 

 a mifchievous plundering Tribe, like moil others who dwell upon U 

 the Frontiers, are fome Part of Them Tributaries to the Tu- 

 nifeens, fpreading Themfelves from the M^ed el Erg, to the 

 Mountains of Ta-harka. 



CHAP. VIII. 



Of the moft remarkable Places and Inhabitants in the Inland 

 Country of the Eaflern Province \ together with the cor- 

 refpondent Part of the Sahara. 



Sy4Trl/TP Η Ε whole Trait of This Province which lieth between 

 the Inland J^ ^j^g MeridiaHS of the Boo-herah and the Zhoore, from the 



Parts of This r> η • • i • 



vrovince. gg^ ^oaft to the Parallels of Seteef and Conftantina, is little 

 elfe befides a continued Chain of exceeding high Mountains. 

 Very few of the Inhabitants to the Weftward of the Wed el 

 yijehhj pay any Tribute to the Viceroy ; Their rugged and im- 

 praolicable Situation being too difficult for the whole Strength 

 οι Algiers to penetrate. But among Thofe to the Eaftward, 

 except near the Sea Shore, the TurL• pafs every Summer with 

 a flying Camp, and receive fome Tokens of Homage and Sub- 

 miflion from Their refpeftive Kabyles ; who notwithftanding 

 are all of Them fo obftinate and tenacious of Their Liberty, 

 that They give Nothing , 'till They are compelled to It by 

 Fire and Sword. The Country near the Parallels of Seteef -m^ 

 Οοηβαηΐιηα, is diverfified with a beautiful Interchange of Hills 

 and Plains, which afterwards grows lefs fit for Tillage, *till It 

 ends, upon the Sahara, in a long Range of Mountains , the 

 BuzARA Buzara, I prefume, of the Antients. The Diftrid of Zaaif 

 ^i4!a^*'' lyeth immediately under Thefe Mountains ; and beyond Zaal^, 

 isWadreag, another CoUeaion of Villages, at a great Diftance 

 in the Sahara. This Part of the Eaftern Province, including 



I Huic oppido {Bon£.) fpatiofiiHma quxdam eft planities, cujus longicudo quadraginta, 

 latitudo autem viginti quinque continct milliaria : haec frugibus ferendis eft feliciiGma, ab 

 Arahtbiu quibufdam colitur quos Merae^, appellant. J. L•9. p. 211. 



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