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near the Titterj Ί)ορ^ ; that from Jihlel Woo [gar ^ in the Neigh- 

 bourhood of Conjia7itina\ the Mailah, that falls into the 

 Shoit over againft Meffeelah ; the Bareekah, as It paffes by Nic- 

 kowje^ and the River of Gor-hata, upon the Confines of the 

 Jereed-^ thefe, I fay, beiides feveral lefler Rills and Foun- 

 tains, are all of them either very fait or brackifii. The Water 

 of the River of Gor-hata is made very palatable, by ftrain- 

 ing, for a little Way, through fome contiguous Banks of Sand, 

 into little Pits, occafionally dug for that Purpofe ; but the o- 

 ther Rivers, having deeper Channels and running through a 

 richer Mould, are not capable of the like Filtration. How- 

 ever by long Ufe and Cuftom, the Arahs are very much re- 

 conciled to the Tafte ; which indeed is not fo extraordinary 

 as the Pradice, 1 am told they have, of eating Cakes of Salt^ 

 in the Valley οι Αοβ in T'ledmont. 



The Salt Pits of Arzew lye furrounded with Mountains, The Saiin?, 

 taking up an Area of about fix Miles in Compafs. They ap- 

 pear like a large Lake in Winter, but are dry in Summer, 

 the Water being then exhaled, and the Salts, left behind, 

 chriftalized. In digging, they pafs through different Layers 

 of this Salt; whereof fome are an Inch, others more in 

 Thickncfs ; in Proportion, I prefume, to the Quantity of faline 

 Particles, the Water was impregnated with, before their re- 

 fpedlive Concretions. This whole Area is made up of a Suc- 

 ccfiion of fuch Similar *S/r^^^, heaped one upon another: and 

 in the fame Manner are the Saline betwixt Carthage and 

 the Guletta, thofe of the Shott, and of other Places either 

 bordering upon or lying within the Sahara. 



Jibhel Had-deffa\s an entire Mountain of Salt, fituated γ/..λ/.««/.;. 

 near the eaftern Extremity of the Lake οι Marl• f. The Salt'^^"^'" 

 of it is of a quite different Quality and Appearance from That of 

 the Sal'ina:, being as hard and folid as Stone, and of a reddiih 

 or purple Colour. Yet what is waihed down from thefe Pre- 

 cipices by the Dews, attaineth another Colour, becoming as 

 white as Snow, and lofing that fiiare of Bitternefs, which is 

 in the Parent-Rock-Salt. The Salt of the Mountains near 

 Lwotaiah and Jihbel Minifs, is of a grey or blewiih Colour; 

 and, without fubmitting to the like accidental Purification, as 

 at Had-deffa, is very agreeable to the Palate ; the firft, efpeci- 

 ally, being fold, ^\. Algiers, for a penny an Ounce. 



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