122 Geographical Ohjervations in the Inland Country 



Welled Ma- In the fame Parallel with the JVelled Boo-zeefe. but to the 



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Eaftward of the ^i'i-^i'?^, are the Celled Ma- foude, who live 

 Shebnah. ovcr againft the AneWians, and the Merdafs ; as the Shehnah, 

 who fucceed Them, are to the Southward of the Ma-zoiilah. 

 Both thefe Tribes poifefs a large and fruitful Country, although 

 Welled Aiy. j^ ^g fomewhat mountainous. Welled ylly live above the 

 Beni saiah. Shehfiah \ and the Beni Salah above the Welled Ma- Joude ; both 

 of Them powerful Clans, and Inhabitants of the mountainous 

 Diftrid that borders upon the Hameefe, the weftermoft Branch 

 of the River Mejerda. 

 TheD}priaof To the N. W. of the Beni Salah ^ below Jthbel Saadah, we 

 have the Diftriol of Mow η ah , a level and fruitful Spot of 

 Ground, lying along the fouthern Banks of the Sei-honfe. The 

 Boo-hammam and the Aiti Mylfah lye over againft It. Alafl)- 

 Ahflioure. ^^^^.^^ ^ Town of Romau Extradlion, is fituated, upon the 

 eaftern Borders of It, below the Beni Salah \ and four Leagues 

 Gtimz, The farther, in View of the AquieTibilitan^^ \sGelma, or Kalmah 

 Έχ^.'^-^.ζί. as the TurL• pronounce It, a large Heap of Ruins with feveral 

 ^' ^^' Rows of Pillars and other Fragments of Antiquities ftill re- 

 maining , which the Hoftilities apprehended from the Beni 

 Salahy would not give me leave to examine, t Gdma is un- 

 doubtedly the Calama fo much wanted ' in the Old Geography, 

 lying betwixt Hippo and Conflantina, but nearer the Former, 

 as St. Auftin ^ hath placed It. 

 jibbeiArtyah To the Northward of the Boo-hammam ^ are the Mountains 

 aiiiiah ^^ Arty ah and the Arabs Ly-aifljah, who, reaching beyond the 

 Wed el Ze-nati to the Southward, encamp fometimes in the 

 Country of the Girfah. In Their Diftriol are The \Hammam 

 ^^^Q^z^y,MesTzouteen'\ filent or inchanted Baths , fituated on a low 

 Ground, furrounded with Mountains. There are feveral 

 Fountains that furnifh the Water, which is of an intenfe Heat, 

 and falls afterwards into the Ze-nati. At a fmall Diftance 

 from thefe Hot Fountains, we have others, which upon Com- 

 parifon are of as intenfe a Coldnefs ; and a little below Them, 

 fomewhat nearer the Banks of the Ze-nati, there are the Ruins 

 of a few Houfes, built perhaps for the Convcnicncy of fuch 

 Perfons, who came hither for the Benefit of the Waters. 



I Situm certum huim Civitatis dcmonfti'arc non poiTunaus. Cclin. Gi ogr. Antiq. I.4• c.v. 

 p. 12.2. 2 Inter Confiiintinam quippe ubi tu es, & H'ipponem ubi ego lam, C-tlama ubi ilie 

 [Cr'ifp'inus] eft, vicinior quidem nobis, fed tamen incerpolita eft. D. Augtijl. contra Litteias 

 FetUiatii. 1.2. c. j)?. 



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