lo Geographical Ohfervations 



and fo on to the Mers' elFaJom, the Shore inclines a little to the 

 Northward ; the feveral remarkable Headlands continuing after- 

 wards to lye in the fame Parallel. In fliort;, there is fo great 

 a Difference in the whole, that thofe Places which Ttolemy h-^ith 

 fixed in a Southern Inclination, fhould have had a Northern one : 

 and the Great Tromontory , which He placeth g'. 15-'. to the 

 Northward of His ^?;/^^^?, will be found to lie 1°. 57'. to the 

 Southward of it ; not to mention other Places in His Tables 

 that are put five Degrees, or CCC Miles farther to the South- 

 ward, than They are found to be by Obfervation. 

 TheDifagree- So much in general for the comparative Geography of this 

 Theo/Tc^f- Kingdom. As for particular Places, Cellarius hath already ob- 

 nZardt^par- fcrved, that the Order and Situation of them is varioufly fet 

 ucuiar Places. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Antients '. I have feen enough of this Country, 



to be of his Opinion ; and if we may be permitted to fix the 

 Situation of the old Rivers, Ports, or Cities of It, by fomefew 

 antient Names, Ruins, or Traditions b^ them, that are continued 

 down to our Times, we fhall frequently have occafion to com- 

 plain of the Want of Accuracy in thofe who have defcribed them. 

 The Method To Hiakc Way for the fubfequent Obfervat ions upon the Three 

 lejcriltgthl Provinces of this Kingdom, I ftiall begin with a fliort Account of 

 K,?:gdom. ^^^^ p^^^ ^^ ^j^^ Mauritania Ctejarienfis which belongeth to the 



Weftern-7V/<?orj ; defcribing, as I go along, in Relation to 

 Them All\ Firft, The mo ft remarkable Tlaces and Inhabi- 

 tants upon the Sea-Coafl\ Afterwards, Thofe in the Inland, 

 Country correffonding to Them. 



CHAP. II. 



Geographical Ohfervations in that Part of the Maurita- 

 nia Csefarienfis , which helongeth at prefent to the 

 Tingitanians, or Weftern-Moors. 



IT hath been already obferved, that the Mauritania C^fa- 

 rienfis extended it felf, near fifty Miles to the Weftward of 

 the Kingdom oi Algiers^ as far as XksQ Maha\ which being 

 a River much taken Notice of, both in the old and new Geo- 

 graphy, I Ihall begin the Account, I am going to give of this 

 Country, from that River. The Maha then, Malua, MaA?*, 



I Multa in Maur'ttanla turbata & confufa videntur, quod ad loca fingulademonftrabimus- 

 Cellar* Geogr. Antiq. 1. 4. Cap. y. p.iztf. 



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