Of the Raflern Province. lop 



noted Sanoluarv , where the Zwowiah live in Mattamores: 

 and betwixt It and Mu flew ah , a rugged Mountain of the 

 JVelled Abde-nore, we have the Hills of Tenoii-teite^ Εί -mai- 

 βα'ι-ναίο and Tamagzah, with TJoe \_^m el Kihflj] Sheep Fotm-'^^''^^'^'^^'• 

 tain, and the Shibkah el Bazar a little to the Northward of si^'bkah ci 

 It. All the adjacent Rivulets, having Their Influx into the 

 Shibkah i occalion continual Inundations, and render a confide- 

 rable Portion of thefe rich fpacious Plains both ufelefs and un- 

 healthy. This Country, with That of the ^i^wir, U\q Raigah^^^^''^^^''' 

 and Their neighbouring Communities, ieems to have been for-^'' ^* 

 merly pofleiled by the Coedamu/ij ; as the Duca may fall in with Duc^. exc, 

 the prefent Encampments of the JVelled Eifah, the Ziganeahy 

 and thofe other Tribes who drink of the Rummel and Boo- 

 marzoohe. 



A few Leagues to the Eaftward of the Hadjar el Ham-mar, weikdEifah 

 are the Douwars of the Welled Eifah, who frequently 

 incorporate with the El-Elmah and the Welled ^bde-nore. 

 However Their chief Abodes are, in the Neighbourhood of 

 Jihbely^greefe, u^ontheBmiks oi the Wed el Hammam; which, J'^^^' ^- 

 being a Branch of the Rummel, hath been already defcribed. 

 At the Foot of Jibhel ^greefe, are the Baths that give Name 

 to the River; where we have likewife the Ruins of a fmall 

 City. 



The Welled Araimah live in the Neighbourhood of Jibhelw^w^^K,^,, 

 Filtaan, towards the S. E. oi Ui^ Welled Eifah : and, near the J^btd fu- 

 Fountains of the Sigan, to the W. S. W. of the Former Tribe """* 

 but to the Southward of the Latter, are the numerous Encamp- 

 ments oithQ Welled Abde-nore, a powerful and faftious Tribe, weiied Ab- 

 who, befides a largeExtent of plain and arable Ground, are pofl^eiP '^^"'"'^' 

 ed likewife ofiVfij/y?^7</^^ and other impenetrable Mountains to the 

 Southward. We havefeveral Ruins inThisDiftria, but Thofe 

 that are the moft worthy of our Notice, are of Taggah and 

 Zainah, fituated, at half a Leagues Diftancefrom each other, Taggah, • 

 in a fruitful and champain Country, below Jihbel Mufiewah. ^''"'^'' 

 Taggah and Zainah are rarely mentioned feparately, but, 

 from Their Contiguity, are called joyntly Tagou-zainah by the.rTagou- 

 Arabs. A little Brook runs betwixt Them ; and at the Latter, "'"'^" 

 we have the Remains of a Triumphal Arch, fupported by two 

 large Corinthian Pillars. The Prize is charged with the fol- 



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