1 6 Geographical Obfervations 



tresInsu- Three little Iflands, where there is good Shelter for fmall 

 ij^E. '''" ^" Veflels, are fituated to the N W of the Mullooia, at the Diftance 



of ten Miles. Thefe are the Tres Injulce of the Itinerary. 

 viUageofStt. Six Leagues to the ENE, is the Village of Seedy' Abdel- 

 moumen or moumen,onQ of the tutelar Marah-hutts'' or Saints of this Coun- 

 Excibid.' try, whofe Tomb they have here in the greateft Veneration. 

 We have below it a fmall but commodious Road, which the 

 Row-Boats of this Country frequently touch at. 

 Maifearda. "v^Te fall in with the like convenient Station for fmall Veflels 

 at Mai- fear-da a little further to the Eaft. This is another of 

 the lefTer maritime Villages o^Barbary, made up, like the reft, 

 in a carelefs, flovenly Manner with Mud, Stone, Timber, and 

 fuch Materials, as are the moft ealily procured. One of thefe 

 Villages, and perhaps the Firft, may be the Lemnh of the Iti- 

 nerary. 

 ?/Mui?ooif ^^^ Tingitamans have upon the Banks of the Mullooia, in 

 the Road from Fez to Tlem-fan, a well fortified Caftle and a 

 Garrifon of a Thoufand Men. They have another ftrong Caftle 

 Ei-joube er and Garrifon at \ ^^y^^ 1 El-Jouhe. for fo they call the Cifterns 



the CiflfTTts, L. > _i o^ -' J 



of Rain-water, that are built about twenty Miles to the Eaft- 

 ward of the Mullooia. In the Wars betwixt the late Muley 

 IJhmael and the Regency of Algiers, thefe Caftles were of no 

 finall Confequence ; as they ftill continue to be very ferviceable 

 in ^vjingthe^Kg-gadd^nd other factious Clans; Inhabitants un- 

 worthy of fo delicious a Country. 



Gu°agidt "' Woop-da, the Frontier Town of the Weftern-Jifoon to the 

 Eaft, lyes about the half Way betwixt El-Jouhe and Tlem-fan. 

 This is the Guagtda ' of Leo \ but we are at a Lofs for the an- 

 tient Name, Ttolemy not haVing taken Notice of any Inland- 

 Cities between the Parallels of his Rivers Maha and Siga. 



gadd^"^' ^^ *^^ Southward of El- Joule and Wooje-da, is the Defert of 

 thQy^ng-gadd,who{Q numerous and warlikeOfFspring extend their 

 Hoftilities and Encampments to the very Walls of Tlem-fan. To 

 the Northward, we have the mountainous and rugged Diftri6t of 



** [t>-i^^w or £>6^] ^^^ Of ^eei^. Dominus,Princeps. vid.GoL in voce. This is the fame 

 Appellation and Word of Refpeft amongft the Moors and Arabs, that Sir, Lord, or Mafier is 

 with Us J but which They in a higher Degree attribute to their Marab-butteen ; for fo they 

 call fuch Perfons, who are, or have been remarkable for any extraordinary Sandity of Life, 

 or Aufterity of Manners, i Guagtda antiquiffimum oppidum ah Afris, in Planitie fpatiofif- 

 fima exftruftum, i mari Mediterraneo Meridiem verfus quadraginta, i Telenfino autem totidem 

 fere diftat milliaria,in Occidente atque Meridie ^ngadi deferto clauditur, agros habet foecun- 

 diffimos, per hujus urbis medium flumen quoddam prsterfluit &c. J.Leo. Deicrip. Afrk.L^. 

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