288 Phjical and Mifcellaneous 



Virgil• have left us of their Manner of Living and Decamp- 

 ments, even to the Circumftance of carrying along with them 

 their faithful Domeitick, aix as juftly drawn up, as if they 

 had made their Obfervations at this Time. 

 The Haiha. Frotti thc Doti-waTS of the Bedoweens, we are to afcend to the 

 Kabyies. Dafikras of the Kahj/les, which conlift of a Number oiGurbies, 

 as the Dou-wars do of Hhymas. Thefe Gurhies are generally 

 raifed either with Hurdles, daubed over with Mud, or elfe 

 they are built out of the Materials of fome adjacent Ruins, or 

 with fquare Cakes of Clay baked in the Sun. The Roofs are 

 covered with Straw or Turf, fupported by Reeds, or Branches 

 τί,βΈαβίοηο/οΐ Ύΐ^^^. Therc is rarely more than one Chamber in the 

 '^"'^"^^'""largeft of them ; notwithftanding it is to ferve foraKitchin, 

 Dining Room, and Bed-chamber; belides one Corner of it that 

 is referved , as I ihould have mentioned alfo in the Hhjmas, 

 Thefe Gut- for their Folcs, Calves, and Kids. Thefe Hovels being alwavs 

 /;>«iMigaiia fixed and immovcable, are undoubtedly what the Antients 

 ' called Magalia\• according to Virgil• therefore, Carthage 

 itfelf, before the Time of Dido^ was nothing more than one 

 of thefe DafihraSy which I have defcribed. 

 The showiah The KabykSy from their Situation * and Language, (for all 

 o/f^fTaby-the reft of the Country fpeak the Arabich Tongue) feem to 

 ^"" be the only People of thefe Kingdoms, who can bear any 



near Relation to the antient Africans. For, notwithftanding 

 the great Variety of Conquefts, to which the low and culti- 

 vated Parts of this Country have been fo often fubjeot, yet 

 it is more than probable, that all or the greater Part of the 

 mountainous Diftriols, were, from their rugged Situation, in 

 a great Meafure left free and unmolefted. Whilft the Nomades 

 therefore and Inhabitants of fuch Cities and Villages, as were 

 of eafy Accefs, fubmitted by Degrees to the Lofs of their old 

 Language, and to the Introdudion of fuch new Laws and 



1 Quid tibi pailores Ζ,ίί^Λ, quid pafcua verfu 



Proiequar, & raris habitata mapalia tell'is. 



Sxpe diem noSemque & totum ex ordine menfem 



Pafcitur, itque pecus longa in deferta fine ullis 



Hofpitijs ; tantiim campijacet: omnia fecura 



Armentarius Afer agit, tedumque, laremque 



Armaque, Amycleumque canem, Crejfamque Pharetram. Georg. 3. 1. 339. 

 2 Magali.i difta quafi magaria, quod magar Punici novam villam dicunt. Jftd. Orig. I. if. 

 cap. 12. Vid. Boch. Chan. 1. 1. cap. 24. Jfiagalia quae a Vallo Caftrorum Magar vel Magul 

 inftar villarum fixx crant &c. Vid. C/. Wafisi Not. in Sail. Bell. Jug. p. 285•. 



3 Miratur molera /Eneas, Magalia quondam. y£«. i. 42J. 



4 Vid. p. 7. 8. 120. &c. 



Cuftoms, 



