io6 Geographical Obfervations in the Inland Country 



Meeiah or ]s[ear the Fraidah, five Leagues to the N. W. of Οοηβαηίιηα^ 

 οτ^ϋΙΙζ. and eleven to the S. E. oi Jijel, is the City Meeiah, the 

 vTrlkL•. Milevum or Mileit of the Antients, built in the fame Manner 

 and in the like Situation with Jim-meelah. It is furrounded 

 with Gardens and plentifully flocked with Fountains , one of 

 which, bubbling up in the Centre of the City, is immediately 

 received into a large fquare Bafon of Roman Workmanfliip. 

 Οοηβαηΐιηα is fupplyed chiefly from This Place with Herbs and 

 Fruit: Whofe Pomegranates particularly are of fo large a Size, 

 and have withal fo delicate a Mixture of the Tart and Sweet, 

 that They are in great Eiteem all over the Kingdom. Leo ' and 

 Marmol bear Teftimony likewife to the Goodnefs of the Apples, 

 inafmuch as They have thought fit to derive the very Name 

 from That Fruit. 

 Deik or Me- Three Leagues above Meeiah to the S. S. W. are the Ruins 

 d£^k Bou- of Sfiy^ or Mede'ik Bou-ejfah, formerly another antientCity of 

 the Romans, near the Confines of the Cirtefij. We have here, 

 befides a Number and Variety of little Cells, cut out of the 

 folid Rock with immenfe Labour and Expenfe, a Fountain of 

 excellent Water, called Am elVouah, from the great Quantity 

 AindFouah.of [F(9///^^ ^^^'\ Mather growing in the Neighbourhood. The 

 Ergh-afi, the Swa-gah, iindBeniAflj-oure, traverfe the Coun- 

 try in the Neighbourhood of Meeiah and 7)eik ; to the S. E. of 

 jibbeiwoof.^j^Qfe£iicampments, is JtbhelWoofgar, a long Chain of Moun- 

 Ch'itu^. tains, that reach to Conflant'ina. The ChitUc-e were probably 

 *' ^"" the antient Inhabitants of the moil Part of the Country I have 

 defcribed betwixt the Meridians oiBouje'iah and Meeiah. 



Thefe are the remarkable Places and Inhabitants of the moun- 

 tainous Diftrid of the Mauritania Sitifenfis to the Seaward. 

 ltnl!^ytfthe^Q are to defcend now into a more level Part of It , lying 

 Maurit.sitif.j^g^j. the Parallels οι Seteef 2ina Conftantina, where, returning 

 to the weftern Frontiers, we firft enter upon the Plains of 

 Plains of m- Ma- janah, fhaded to the Northward by the T>ra el Ham-mar, 

 ^''"^^• and to the W. by the Mountains oilVannougah. Thefe Plains 

 are equally fertil and extenfive, but the many Pools of itag- 

 nating Water (as the Name ' may probably import) left here 

 in the rainy Seafon, and corrupting afterwards in the Spring, 



I Maxima hie eft non fruftuum modo, unde dedudum nomen putant, vcrum & carnium 

 frugumque copia. J. Leo. p. 211. MtU abonde en Fruit & particulierment en Pomes d' 

 ou il fcmble qu' elle 3 pris Ion nom. L'yifriqtu de Marmol. 1. 6. cap. 9. 2 Vs^. ab i^^\ 

 Ajan, aherata fu'it aqua mutato fapore & calere. Onupta fuit, fatuit &c. Gol. 



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