1 1 4 Geographical Ohfewations in the Inland Country 



Tubnah, The t At the fame Diftance^ and in a like Diredlion from JMel 

 ϊ""ρ."Γ.ο. Suffian, are the Ruins of the antient Thuhuna^ as the prefent 

 P' ^^• Name Tubnah feems to infmuate, and the Pofition of It, with 

 Refpeot to Igilgili^ doth farther confirm. It is fituated in a fine 

 Plain betwixt the Rivers Bareehah, and Boo-ma-zoofe ; but the 

 few Walls, Pillars and other Ruins that have efcaped the Fury 

 of the^r^^i, are fo much covered with Sand and Rubbiih, that It 

 will be difficult to determine the former Extent of It. The Opi- 

 nion of the Arabs, that great Quantities of Money lye buried in 

 Thefe Ruins, might give Occafion to the following Rhapfody \ 



The Treafure of Tubnah lyeth under the Shade of what is 

 Jhaded. "Dig for It} Alas\ It is not there. 



Not a City of Tubnah, I prefume, cannot be rightly placed hy Abulfeda^ 



^^^^' among the Cities of Zaab, from which It is divided by a great 

 Diverfity of Valleys and Mountains. 



Em-dou- Seven Leagues to the S. S. W. of Tubnah and fix to the S. E. 

 ΟΪ Mef-feelah, is fi^^i^o/i-^Z?^/, a little Village furrounded with 

 Mountains. Here we meet with the firft Plantation of Date 

 Trees, though the Fruit doth not ripen to that Delicacy and 

 Sweetnefs as in the Province of Zaab, 



KiShott. The [^-] Shott is a large Valley, running, with few Inter- 

 ruptions, betwixt two Chains of Mountains, from the Neigh- 

 bourhood oiEm-dou-hhal, to the Weftward of the Meridian of 

 Mef-feelah. The Word commonly fignifieth The Sea Shore, or 

 The Banks of fome Lake or River : but the meaning here is 

 fomewhat varied, denoting The Borders ox Area rather of fuch 

 a Plain, as, according to the Seafons of the Year, is either co- 

 vered with Salt, or overflowed with Water. Several Parts of 

 the Shott, confift of a light oozy Soil, which, after fuddain 

 Rains or the overflowing of the adjacent Rivers, are changed into 

 fo many Quickfands, and occafion no fmall Danger and Difficulty 

 to the unwary Traveller. La Croix ' hath been badly informed 

 in aflTcrting that all the Rivers of This Kingdom run from South 

 to North ; fmce, befides feveral others in a quite contrary Di- 

 reftion, we have no fewer than Five, and Thofe very confide- 



I Mel Tubihi taat thttl athloulah. i\XyAi\ J^^ (JXs^ /^^/..vL JL/» 



Afer ? Wets ! Ιλ takoitn toiimab. ^Δ^ (jj^^ ^ (_M«i^ ^ia^-l 



2 A Tuhna. Civitate Al Zab ad Boujeiah fcx Stationes. Abulf. ut fupra. 3 On doit icmarquer 

 que toutes les Rivieres dii Royaumc d'Alger coulent du Hid an Nord. DeL.x Croix Metode 

 pour aprender la Geogr. Tom. f. p. 282-3. 



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