112 Geographical Obfervations in the Inland Country 



TheMounuins Tlic SouhUldh IS coiitinued by the ^nwaall, Geneefah, Mon- 



Boo-Taieb. kuv aiid Other Mountains of the Beni Boo-Taleb, who are 



powerful and ί?ίΟάο\χ^ Kabyles , hving, beyond the Rmgah ^ 



feven Leagues to the S. S. W. of Seteef. This Diftriot might 



Thew Lead be the moft valuable in the Kingdom, provided the rich Lead 



Mines. ^ ^ Λ \ CL• \ Λ 



Mines belonging to It, were managed to the belt Advantage ; 

 but \h&BeniBoo-Talehy are either fo jealous or ignorant, that 

 They will not permit any greater Quantity to be dug up at one 

 Time, than will be fufficient for Their own Ammunition, and 

 for the Difcharge of Their Tribute. Upon the lower Skirts of 

 Thefe Mountains , near the Plains of Cajfir Attyre, are the 

 Welled Seelah and the Welled Mahomet Ben Selyman. Thefe 

 Ain Rum- Arahs drink of The S^Am Rummel\ Sandy Fountain^ a large 



Flux of Water which difchargeth Itfelf into the Boo-fellam. 



Welled Aiy The Mountaitts of the Welled Aly Ben Sa-houre joyn Thofe 



boure. ^ of the Bem Boo-Talel•, and are in the fame Meridian with 



jig-bah. Seteef. Jig-hah, 2l Heap of Ruins, is fituated at the Bottom 



of Them to the Eaftward ; but we are at a lofs both for the an- 



tientName of Thefe Ruins and of Thofe before mentioned at 



Smeeβah. 



The \^Ras el Aioune'] Head of the Fountains, IS t^ol^Q-ii^UQS 

 Aioune. ^o the Southward oijig-hah and €\φΧ,ΐΐοη\ Seteef. It is the 

 i?/Wo/Nic- principal Fountain of the River Nk-howfe, called afterwards 

 t^iliZ'^Wed elBareehah, from the Name of the Diftria through 

 which It palTeth. This River bends If s Courfe, in the Direoli- 

 on of the Souhillah and Kafaah, towards the S. S. W. and be- 

 ing made ufe of by the Inhabitants to meliorate Their Soil, the 

 Remainder of It is drunk up by the Shott. 

 El Huthuah. Betwixt the Rivers Bareekah and Kafaah, to the Southward 

 of the Mountains juft now defcribed, we have the fruitfiil and 

 extenfive Plains of El Huthnah , cultivated by the Welled 

 DraJji T>raaje, one of the chief Tribes of This Province. This Coun- 

 try, as It bordereth upon the Sahara, and as the Name ^ may 

 likewife infinuate, is of a more dry andfandy Nature, than what 

 generally lyeth to the Northward ; however by watering It 

 frequently with the Souhillah and Kafaah, diverted from Their 

 proper Channels into a Number of Drains for that Purpofe, the 

 Crops, which It produceth, are for the moft Part rich and copious. 



* Viz. ab t/^Ai;* i. q. yio» 5«» (vel quod) imltum farbct . Vid. GgU in voce. 



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