ϊ 1 6 Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Country 



Lakh-dar. thc Lakh-dav. The Latter are a Clan of Kahyles as inhofpi- 



table as Their Mountains are rugged ; fpreading Themfelves 



' from the Booma-zoofe, through Cojfoure and Me-der-ree, as far 



Welled as the weftern Borders of Jihhel Aurefs. The Welled Zei-an 

 are the Neighbours of the Lakh-dar to the Southward : in 

 which Situation we have the Village οι Lwo-taiah, with a 



Hy^^e Ben '2>X2.nz\\ of thf AloyL• or Hyle ' [jn J*i JUc] Ben ΑΙγ , the 

 principal Arahs of This Province ; who, befides Their exten- 

 five PoiTeffions in This mountainous Diftrid:, fpread likewife 

 Their Encampments to a great Diftance in the Sahara. The 



Kant'rah. \JVed el [v^"^»] Kanfvalj] River of the Bridge is known to moft 

 of Tliefe Arahs and Kahyles•^ for rifing below the Welled 

 Fathmah, and winding Itfelf through the Country of the Lakh- 

 dar, (where we have the Bridge that givethName to the River) 

 It is continued through the Diilri6t of the Welled Zelan and 

 Lwotaiah, watering afterwards the Gardens oiBifcara^ a 

 noted Village of the Sahara. 



jibbeiYoufef. Thc Chain of Mount Atlas, th^t we left among the Welled 

 Aly Ben Sa-houre , is continued by Jihhel Toufef, a fruitful 

 Mountain, five Leagues to the S. by E. of Seteef. Upon the 

 Declivity of It, near the eaftern Encampments of the Raigah, 



Gi eel. ^^ h^YQ the little Village Gije-el, that was formerly a City of 

 the Romans. Jihhel Toufef is joyned by the Mountains of 



Welled sei- f^elkd Sel-lem, where there are other Ruins, called Zeryiah by 



j^bbei'^Muf-t^^ ^rahs. The high and rugged Mountains of MufleiA^ah 



tewah. follow Thofc of thc Welled Sel-lem, inclining likewife, as They 

 do, towards the S. E. I have already obferved that They be- 



weiied Ab-lo"S ^^ thc Welled Ah de-nore, a powerful Tribe, who live in 



de-nore. ^j^^ champain Country in Tents and on the Mountains, (whither 

 Their Quarrels frequently oblige Them to retire) in mud-walled 



AiyBenGy- Hovels, likc x\\Q Kahyks. Aly Ben Gy-doime, the Shekh of 



shekh. ^''""'This Community, hath often baffled, by His extraordinary A^a- 

 lour and Condud, the whole Force of Algiers, 'till They have, 

 as ufual, invited the Hirkaat, Ztganeah and fome other neigh- 



Suth. bouring Arahs to Their Affiftance. The {Hadjar SoudalS] 

 Black Rock, and the mountainous Diftrid of the Welled Hir- 



Welled 

 } liikaar 



I This Appellation, which, as far as 1 am informed, is peculiar to This Tribe, is rendred by 

 Golius, Populus, AiTcdae, Affincs, familia, domeftici, liberi & pofteri : and is therefore 

 another word only for Welled or Bcni (Vid. Not. p. 17.) which have fo often occurred. ChaijI 

 [Vn] which feems to be the fame, is tranflated in the H. Scriptures, ( i Sam. 10. 26.) a Band of 

 Mai, (Pf. 33. 16.) an Army, (Pf. 135. ry.j an Hoft. 



kaat, 



