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lity with fome other Parts of It, that have been already defcribed 

 in the Kingdom oi Algiers : the Villages likewife are built in the 

 fame manner with Mud Walls and Rafters of Palm Trees. 

 A^ery little therefore will be required in the Defcription of this 

 Part of the Country, befides an Account of the Lake of Marks \ 

 and the Enumeration of the principal Cities and Villages, for- 

 merly the Seats of the Cinethij\ Machlyes\ Aufes\ and 

 Maxyes^ of the old Geography. 



There are few or no Antiquities (or indeed any thing worthy sbekkah,7^i 

 of our Obfervation,) to be met with at Sbekhah, the Cerh'ica εΙΓ^\ι6χ:. 

 probably of Ttolemy, eighteen Leagues to the S. W. hyW. ofS -'τΤ/ΗΑ. 

 Gafsa\ ^tTe-gewfe, th^Tkhafa, twelve Leagues to the S.W.Ebba%. 

 byS. ^tEbba,thQTbahha, in the Neighbourhood of Τ^-^ί'τ^ζ/έ'-,το^^Γ/ί?' 

 at Tozer, the Tifurus, four Leagues to the S. W. of Te-gewfe-, |ίί^ a"'' 

 at Nefta, the Negeta, five Leagues to the S. W. of Tozer. The νΈοΈ'τ? 

 likeRemark(in croffing thtLahe of Marls into theDiftrid oiKif- VtZ 

 zowah) may be made at Telemeen, the Almcena, ten Leagues nId''.'' 

 to the E.S.E. of Te-gewfe-, at Ebillee, the VepUium, t^of^llf.'' 

 Leagues to the S.E. oiTelemeen\ and at the many otherVillages"''• ^' 

 of the Jereed. Though by feveral Pieces of Granate and other 

 Marble; by a Word or two likewife, that we fometimes meet 

 with, of an antient Infcription, the Romans may be traced out 

 through moil of thefe Cities and Villages. 



The Trade and Intereft of Them all lyeth altogether in Dates, ueir Trade. 

 which They exchange for Wheat, Barley, Linnen Cloth, and 

 other Commodities, brought to Them from all Parts of This 

 and the neighbouring Kingdoms. At Tozer particularly, (whofe 

 Dates are the moft eiteemed, and which is become thereby the 

 principal Mart;) there is a great Traffick carried on by feveral 

 Merchants, who travel once a Year into the Country of the 

 Ethiopians , and bring with Them from thence, a Number of 

 Blacks, whom They ufually exchange for Dates, at the Rate of 

 one Black for two or three Quintals. 



The Shibkah El Low-deaJj, or Lake of Μ arks ^ divideth ther^^ shibkah 

 Villages in the Neighbourhood of Tozer from Telemeen, Fat-^l^iIktS* 

 najfa and others of the Province of Nif zowah \ It is fo called ^^'''^'' 

 from a Number of Trunks C7f Palm-Trees, that are ^IdiCQamy μ called. 



1 Exc. p.14. E. 2 Exc. p. 2. C. 3 Ibid. D. 4 Exc. p.3. A. j Martml dcdveth 

 this Name from the antient Nafamones. " Biludidgerid c 'eft Teftat de Cartbaginois qui Ton 

 " appclle KiiaJtwiiicns dont une de Places garde encore le Norn N^iorvah. Cap. f 3. 



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