of the Eafiern Trovince. 1 1 7 



kaat , in a S. E. Direolion likewife from Jihbel Toufef and 

 Μηββιναίο, are the next in Order. At the Foot of Thefe Moun- 

 tains, where They border upon JihhelAnrefs, we have Baitnah, Baicnah, 

 a large Heap of Ruins, exceedingly well watered, and lying at 

 the half Way nearly betwixt Οοηβαηίιηα and Bifcara. 



Jihhel^urefs {oxEvreJs as the Turks pronoi^icelt) the A/o/z^JibbeiAurefs, 

 Aurafms of the Middle Age, and the iWb^i ^?Λί, I prefume,AirRAsius, 

 oiTtokmy, fucceeds the Mountains of the Hir kaat, and lyeth£«p'4-D. 

 to the Southward of Οοηβαηύηα. It is not one iingle Moun- 

 tain, as the Name would inlinuate, and as Trocopius ' feems to 

 defcribe It, but a large Knot of Eminences, running one into 

 another, with feveral little Plains and Valleys intervening. 

 However both the higher and lower Parts of It, are moft of 

 Them of the utmoft Fertility, andftill continue to be the Gar- 

 den of the Kingdom. The Whole may be a hundred and twen- 

 ty Miles in Circuit, or three long Days Journey according to 

 Trocopius : and the northern Part alone, which is viiited every 

 Year by a flying Camp of the o^lgeriries, is pofleflTed by fuch a The cUm of 

 Number of Clans \ that It requires forty of Their Stations to '' 

 bring Them All under Contribution. The Turks rarely pafs to- 

 wards the uf^in Ou heide, an intermitting Fountain to the S. E, Ain ou- 

 flowing only, as I am informed, on Fridays; ut which Time, It '" "' 

 difchargeth Itfelf, in a plentiful Flux of Water, into the River 

 of Bag-gai. The like Ruggednefs of Thefe Mountains to the 

 Southward, equally difcourageth Them from making any Ad- 

 vantages towards the Near- dee, a fturdy Community, fo vvell ^ear-dec. 

 fortified by Nature, that one of Their Marah-hiits cxprefl^d 

 the Danger of attacking Them, by the eating of Fire \ A high 

 pointed impenetrable Rock, the Seat of Their 2)^/?>^γλ/:7, feems 

 to be the Tetra Geminiani ^ or the Tumar of Trocopius, anfwer- 

 ing to all the Circumftances, that are recorded of one or other 

 of thofe Places, by that Hiftorian. 



There are a Number of Ruins fpread all over Thefe Moun- Lerba, or 

 tains, the moil remarkable of which, are thofe of Lerba or 



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