Of the Eafiern Trovince. 1 ο i 



the Parallel οι Zaah, anfwers to Uiq Mauritania SitifenfiSy otwx. of th^ 

 the Firfl Mauritania ', as It was called in the Middle Age. iftifcnfis""' 

 The Mountainous Country betwixt the Meridians oi thQ ue General 

 Z/joore ma Seibouje , is of no great Extent, rarely fpreading κ££' "^ 

 Itfelf above fix Leagues within the Continent ; the Inhabitants 

 whereof, near Tucku/h and Bona, are Tributaries to the ^l- 

 gerines : but in the Gulph of Stora, near Tort Gavetto, Sgigata^ 

 and Cully They bid Them Defiance. From the Sei-bottfe to the 

 Zaine, except in the Neighbourhood of Ta-harka where It be- 

 gins again to be Mountainous, the Country is^ for the moll Part, 

 upon a level, though with fome Interruptions from Hills and 

 Forrefts. The like Interruptions we meet with below Tuckupj^ 

 along the Encampments of the Hareifiah, Grarah, and other 

 BedoweenSy as far as Οοηβαηΐιηα. Beyond This Parallel, we 

 have a Range of Mountains, the Thamhes, as I take Them ϊοτηαμβε5 

 be oiTtolemy, extending Themfelves as far as Ta-harka \ be-p.T4.' £'''' 

 hind which, there is again Pafture and Arable Ground, ending 

 at Length upon the Sahara, as the Mauritania Sit if en/is did 

 before, in a Ridge of Mountains ; the Mamfjarus probably ofjviAMPSAR- 

 the Antients. Part of the Africa Tropria of Mela and Ttolemy, ^Ll^iTic. 

 the Numidia Maffylorum, the Metagonitis Terra\ &c. was 

 comprehended formerly in This Part of the Province '. 



The Se BO w E, a plain fruitful Diftridl furrounded with Moun- rke sebowe, 

 tains, lyethfive Leagues to the S.E. of T>elljs. Here the''" '"' '^' 

 Turks have a Burgh and Zmaalah to hinder the Incurfions of 

 thQ Zwowah. The ^nticnt Muconi probably had Their chiefs, muco- 

 Habitations in This fine Country. p.'ii. r'' 



The Zwowah, the richeft and the moil numerous ^^/e'jT/vZwowah, 

 of This Province, poflefs a large and impenetrable Trad of 

 Mountains to the Eaftward of the Sebowe. They have leveral 

 Dapkras, among which is The \Jimmah at Saritch'] Church y^rnmah at 

 of the Ciftern, famous for the Sepulchre of Seedy Hamet hen "'^ ' 

 Dreefe : where likewife There is a College, and Maintenance 

 for five hundred Thalehs. But Kou-kou, where Their [^<v-] Kcu-kon. 

 She}ai or Sultan as They call Him, refides, is Their Principal 

 Village. Boori-nen, a high pointed Mountain, lyeth afewBc 

 Leagues to the S. S. W. oi Koukou. Some Years ago the Turks 



I Η (ζάοκ '/τλ^λ) J^rip op®• τ fiifimir Sit, ΜαυειταγΊα η » ιας^τη καλϋτΛΐ, /κκ7?όίτολ/ΐ' 'Σίνφιν ίχχσα, τ? 

 ν»μα1ι»ν άρχ? is jJf» ΛτΛγιγιι ofsnmnn, MiWflTwicK y) '} 6Ttpet{ ιαζβότα T&cu<mfHct Tvy^^y^i xaa. Procop. 

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