6 Of the Kingdom 



dom into a great many Provinces, according to the feveral pet* 



ty Royalties which at one Time or other it was canton d into, 



before and after the Time of the Turhjh Conquefts. But at pre- 



fent there are only Three, mz. the Province oiTlem-fan, to the 



Weft ; of Titter le, to the South ; and of Conjiantina, to the 



Eaft of Algiers. Each of thefe Provinces is governed by a Bey 



or Viceroy appointed and removed at Pleafure by the T)ey of 



Algiers, who has a defpotick Power within his Jurifdiftion, and 



at the Seafons of colle6bing the Tribute from the Arahs^ or 



upon other Occalions, is affifted with a Body of Troops from 



Algiers. 



}ormi7t7 Thus ft ands the general Defcription and Divifion of this Kitig- 



IfX^^X^'" ^^^^ at prefent; which, upon Comparifon, we fliall find to cor- 



tients. refpond with the Geography of the Tromncia Noi)a ' or Numi- 



dia' of the Antients. For if we bound it with the River Tufca ' 



or Zaine to the Eaft, it will then contain a Part of the Africa 



of Tomponius Mela'' and Ttolemy\ the Numidia properly fo 



called \ or the Numidia of the MaJJyli ^ : and being bounded 



to the Weftward with the Mountains of Trara^ it will take in 



the other Numidia^ the Numidia of Mela *, or the Numidia 



of the MaJJiefyli\ called afterwards the Mauritania Cceforien- 



fts '% excepting only that Part, which for the Space of about 



milieu: 7>/f«^» & 7V»« feronc a 1' Occident; Bugie &c Conflantina, a. Torienr. L' Afr'ique &cc. 

 par le S'. Sanfon Sec. p-z^. Difpefcitur communiter in V. Provincias, quae funt, Telenfwum, 

 Tenez.a,Gez.e'trJ,Biigia,8c Ccnfiantina. Lujts &c.p. 6(J9. Le Rojaume d'y^lger a les Prov.de Bone^ 

 Confl.tntlna, Gigeri, Bugie,/ilger,Sargel,MoJlogan, Horan,HArefgol,Hu)utne, TebeJfa,Tenez., Labez., 



Couco,Miiiane,Beniaraxtd,/lngad,Tremecen. De la Croix, ip.zi^. i \icum^ lis No/MJks m^mi. 



If 75 71 i/^iiwoi' imyayi — tw h t? AiCuii e3^i'» touutu, to ^ "sfei Tito Kaf^i^ovot. (o cAi )^ A^<kW jf^Sftec^ TrnKaiar, 

 077 Ik 7TO>x3 i(g,7tif}a^' 71 3 efi! T i'iofxdJ^y, y'iov, 077 y<as7 ti^MTpiO^iTTuyofjia&i, DidB. Hift. Ro?H. l.i^.^.p.2A.<-6. 

 hd.Steph. 2 Nuniidis, pofliedere ea loca, c]ux proxuma Carthaglnem Nuniidia appellacur. Sal. Bell. 

 Jug. Cantab. 1710. ^21.^.287. Ad Mjuritaniatn NumidaKncnz.Id.^ 22. 3 £xc.p.2i,C3p. j. 

 & 4. 4 jEATC.p.ip.A. y Exc.p.i2.Cap.^.E. Tii; cAs AiCuW — lisiv, al J)!io MMifiraviou, Jhviui7i(» pi 

 » TlfjiTTttii, i^l^n Ji Tzwnf Kcuaa^ma, (UsS' iiv S Afpiy.ti, tna i KufmdiKii &C. yfgathem.\.2. Cap.C. 



6 Exc. p. 21. Cap. 3. p.23. Cap.2(J. P.29.F. p. 30. D. p. 31. B. 7 Exc.p.'j.C.D. p. 7. A. &c. 

 Cum Syphace Komams ]nnikz amicitia eft. Qu^od ubi Carthaghiienfes acceperunt, extempio ad 

 Galam in parte altera iV«wir/;^ (Majfjla ea gens vocatur) regnantem,legatos mittunt. Liv.l.2^. 

 5 48- Syphax erat Rex Numldarum. ibid. Majfjlii regnum paternum Mafanifs. Isti, ut ad re- 

 gem diu defideratum conceflere. Syphax, pulfis inde prsefedtis prsfidiilque fuis, vetere fe 

 continebat regno, neutiquam quieturus. W.I.30. 5 n- 8 Exc. p.i8. Czp.6. 9 Exc. p. 5-. 

 Not.d. p. 21. Cap. 2. vid.Not.7. A^rf/^mjjTk non in polTcffione modo paterni regni efTet, fed 

 etiam focios C<irt/w^j»if«/iaw populos, Majfafylorum fines (id iSj/»/wd.f regnum erat) vaftaret. 

 Liv. 1.29. 5 32. MaJfiifyU gens alfinis Mauris, Regionem HifpanU, maxime qua fita eft Car- 

 thago nova, Ipeftant. Id. I.28. 5 I7- 



Pofl has immenfis, Nomadum de Sem'ine Gentes, 



y^tque Mafslylii nee nott Malylia Proles. 



Prifcian. Perieg.l. 176-7. 

 10 Exc. p.2i. Cap.2. p.23. Cap. 25'. p.29. A.G. p.30. A.B. C. p.31. C. p. 3^,36. o KKajJAgr 

 J)jj5 TBf Mouipiff TBf imiKiitf irnfityy « 71 ts ^ 7iy}iy 1^ ef 7» «^ Kauaa^tmy ^ip ay;^ ■^ ivofjiJ.^of'mt) Kj J^o 

 SpjjKffiF W-nvin latsnirt^i. Dion. Hift. Rom. I.60. p.77i- ^;C?° -f" ^''f middle Jlge, or towards the 

 End of the Fourth Century, that Part of the Csfarienfis wbich lay near the City Sitifi, ivas called 

 r^f Mauritania Sicifenlis, Vid. Exc. p.29. A. G. p-jo. A. p.31. C. p33.3f, & 3<J- paffim. 



fifty 



