Of the Eaftern Province. 1 5 ^ 



are the Zwowiah οι Seedy Khallet^ whom the Arabs efteem as Scedy 

 a Prophet. A Httle to the Eaftward of Them, are the IVelled^^''^^"'' 

 Jil-lell, a fturdy Clan, who, upon Occafion, can bring above Sif&c/'^' 

 a thoufand Perfons, of Their own Fraternity, into the Field. 



After we pafs the Boo-me-leah , a fmall Traft of Arable tJ'' ^'""^ of 

 Ground, the Villages are more contiguous, rarely lying a quar- ie"h. 

 tcr of a Mile from each other. In which Situation is Lamree^ 

 Burgh, Tulgah, (called by fome Geographers Theolachd) Far far, ^^^,^^ ^^ 

 Za-atfjah, Le-fianah , Boo-fiagroone , Bifcara, Shit mah ^m^LyS^c 

 Toodahy and Seri-ana. In the like Pofition, but at two, three 

 and fometimes four Leagues Diftance from each other, is the 

 more fouthern Row of Villages : the Principal of which are 

 Le-wah, Sy-rah, Mu-hadmah, Jef-hane-ah, Ban-teufe, Oii- 

 re-lan, Elme-nalah, Beegoe, Melee-ly, O-maflj, Otimil-hennah, b"'^^ 

 Seedy Occ ha and Carta. 



Ly^ena, Zeryhf el Wed, ZeryU el Ha-mett, Cajfir Roma- Lycena, &c. 

 nah and Badafs, are another Sett of Villages twelve Leagues 

 to the Eaftward of Seedy Occha : And at the like Diftance to 

 the Southward, near the Confines of Wadreag, is E/ ^//^e, ei Fythe. 

 watered by the fame River with Lytena, a Continuation per- 

 haps of the WedelSerltah, ox Abeadh, that was taken Notice 

 of in the Defcription of Jihhel Aurefs. Toodah, and Seedy 

 Occha, Bifcara, and Oumil-hennah, receive Their Rivers, 

 as Doufan doth, from within the Tell•, but the Fountains and 

 Rivulets which rcfrefti the other Villages, rife within the 

 Sahara , or elfe ooze immediately from the fouthern and adja- 

 cent Skirts of Mount Atlas. The \JVed^^^Adje-dee or Jld-dee'] wed Adje- 

 Bi^i^er of the Kid, receiveth thefe feveral Streams; and run-'*"^''"'^'''' 

 ning afterwards towards the S. E. lofeth Itfelf in the Mel-gigg Mei-i 

 an extenfive Tra6l of the Sahara, of the fame faline and oozy 

 Quality with the Shott. This fhould be the Garrar or Jirad 

 oi Ahulfeda' \ and, as there is no other noted Stream on this 

 Side the Niger, may probably be the fame River with Ttolemfs 

 Gir"'^ though placed by Him, among the (P^r^;;^^;//^^, a great 

 Way farther to the Eaft. 



Bifcara, the Capital of Zaah, is the Refidence of a Turkifj ^,^,,,^^ 

 Garrifon, who have here a fmall Caftle, built lately by the 



\ Al Zih eft teiiitorium magnum, & fluvius GmAx f. ftrai in regione ^/Λ^ίρί, cujus 

 Long. 30. 30. Lat. 31.30. Ahulf. Ut fupra. 2 Ο Γ^ρ ό ^^dtyJs.i' τί τϊ Qlm^yaKOL ίξ®• >() τ φάραγ},* 



τ Γ«5«Μ«ί'77κί« «? » " '"'^«'τ^ί 'srolci^if έ7Γίχ« χ7ΐ aiw ί«<ν μδ. ,5•. ?ίο/. Geogr. L.IV. Cap.vi. 



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