1^4 Geographical Ohjervations in the Inland Country 



Bey of Conflantina. The chief Strength lyeth in fix fmall 

 Pieces of Ordinance, with a few unwieldy Muskets, mounted 

 Ukewife upon Carriages. 



Lyjena. Lyceua is the richeft of thefe Villages : for here the indepen- 



dent ^rahs lodge their Money, and valuable Effeds. It is 



Welled under the Proteolion of Welled Soulah, a numerous Clan, to 

 whofe Bravery It is indebted for fo uninterrupted an Enjoy- 

 ment of Liberty, and that the Attempts hitherto made upon It 

 by the Turks, have proved unluccefsful. 



Seedy Occu- The Village oi Seedy Occuba, or Occha as thQ^rahs contrail It, 

 is not only famous for the Tomb of the Arabian General of 



Seedy Lafcar that Namc, but for another likewife of Seedy Lafcar, the tute- 

 lar Saint of the Place. It is a common Report, that the 

 Tower annexed to the Sanftuary of Seedy Occha, will very fen- 

 fibly tremble upon calling out, TIZZA hi Ras Seedy Occha ; 

 Shake for the Head of Seedy Occuha ? An Effedl, fomething 

 like this, is produced in a Tower at Reimes by ringing one of 

 the Bells ; the conftituent Parts of the Fabrick being perhaps 

 fo particularly and harmoniouily put together, as to aol: in 

 Concert, and at Unifons with fuch Sounds. 



The Traces cf ^^^^ RomajiS may be traced out all over This Province by 



the Roman fome Plcccs of Walls, which have here and there efcaped the 



Archttenurc. ^ τη r 



Fury of the Arahs : and at Ban-teufe , one of the fouthern 

 Villages, there were lately dug up feveral Coffins of Stone. It 

 is very much to the Honour of the Romans, to find how careful 

 They have been, where any of thefe Rivulets ran through a 

 loofe and oozy Soil, to fupport their Banks with Walls of hewn 

 Stone, and to pave their Beds with Pebbles. 

 The People of The catlug the Fleih of Dogs, from whence t\\QCanarij 

 Zaab Can- rgceivcd their Name ", and for which the Carthaginians were 

 formerly remarkable % continueth in Praolice to this Day a- 

 mong the Inhabitants of this Diftridt. 

 TheD:firiaof Wad-reag is another CoUeolion of Villages, of the fame 

 w 'iv'fe-Rank and Quality with thofe of Zaah. They are reckoned to 

 '"&"• be twenty five in Number, ranged in a N. E. and S. W. Diredion. 

 Ma-jyre, the neareft of thefe Villages to Zaah, is ten Leagues 

 to the Southward of £/ Fythe ; Tum-marnah, the next Place 

 of Note, is fix Leagues to the Weftward of Ma-jyre ; and 



I Exc. p. 21. B. 2 Lcgati a Dario, Perfarum Rege, Carthaginem vencrunt, afFerentcs 

 edidum, quo Parti humanas hoftias immolare, &c ciittitiit vefci prohibebantur. ^tiji- Hilt. 

 L. ip. Cap. I. 



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