214 Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Country ^c. 



rally called ElHammahofGahs, to diftinguifh it from another 

 Town of the fame Name, a few Miles to the Korth ward of 

 Tozer. The Baths are each of them iheltred from the Wea- 

 ther by having a miferable thatched Hovel built over It ; 

 whilft their Bafons , which are about twelve foot Square and 

 four Deep, have, a little below the Surface of the Water, fome 

 maify Benches of Stone for the Bathers to fit upon. One of 

 thefe Baths is called the Bath of the Lepers : and below It, the 

 Water ftagnates and forms a Pool, which perhaps may be the 

 The Lake of famc with the Lake of Lepers, mentioned by Leo \ The Wa* 

 Lepers. ^^^ ^^ thefe Fountains , when colledled together, formeth a 

 fmall Rivulet, which, after being conduced in a Number of 

 Subdivifions through the Gardens and united again, diredleth 

 It's Courfe towards the eaftern Extremity of the Lake of Marks 

 and lofeth Itfelf, at a few Miles Diftance, in the Sand. 

 rhe Bedo- The principal Arahs of the Winter Circuit, are the various 

 circuii. Subdivifions of the Far a-fiieefe, ^naff^elleaSeide. The Latter 

 extend themfelves all along the Sahul% as they call the eaftern 

 Part of this Province from Herkla to Sf ax: the Former poflefs 

 the greateft Part of the Midland Country ; but are more fre- 

 quently met with near Spaitla iLnaFuf-fanab. IFelled Seedy 

 Boogannim, with Their Sanftuary, lye to the Northward of the 

 Plains of Fuf-fanah, as far as the Mountains oiEllou-leejah and 

 Hydrah : and to the Eaft ward of Them, near Sheehah and the 

 Mountain Megala , are the Douwars of the Welled Omran. 

 The Welled Matthie cultivate the rich Country near Toufef and 

 Zowareen ♦, whilft the Welled Ta-gouhe enjoy as fertil a Situa- 

 tion near the Walls of Keff. The Bedoweens upon the Frontiers, 

 are the WdledBoeguff, who frequently difpute the PaiTage of the 

 River Serratt, v/'ith the Woorgah, a formidable Clan under the 

 Jurifdidion of the Algerines. 



1 In fefquimillario meridiem verfus ab hoc oppido £/ Hamina [ut male fcribitur'} origincm 

 habet fluvius quidam aquae calidiflimae *** tandem hsc aqua non procul ab eo oppido lacum 

 efficit qui leproforum appellari conluevit : habet enim fanandi hujufmodi morbum atque 

 vulnera folidandi miram naturam. J. Leo ut lupra. 2 So called perhaps from ^ζΔ.^, 

 Litus maris, quafi pro J^sk*"" ; qwd atterim aut perfunditur aqua. Gi. apud Gol. 114?. sr 

 from J.^«., Planiiies. 



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