Of the TVeflern Province. 



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not, 1 prefume, be difputed, we cannot well require any further 

 Proof, that the Tafna is the River, and Tachim-'breet the Ci- 

 ty Sign. Both of Them feem to have been known to Scylax sigvm.exc. 

 but the City He calls Sigum. 



Leaving the Tafna and the Ifland Acra to the S.S.W. we ^"^-mi-cca, 

 come to a fmall Creek, commonly called the Port of Im-ni'i- 

 fea. The Arahs have a Tradition, that This was formerly a 

 Port belonging to the Town of Tranf-rant, now a Heap of ^'"'^■"''•' 

 Ruins, at two Miles Diftance from It, within the Plains of 

 Zei-doure. Bv thefe Ruins gently palTeth a little Brook, which, 

 after It hath refreflied the Country of the Welled Haifa, em- 

 pties Itfelf into, the Port. One or other of thefe Places lliould 

 be the antient Camarata, placed in the Itinerary at equal DI-^^ma^ra- 

 ftances from the Tortus Sigen/is and the Salfum Fhimen. ■"->• a- 



Three Leagues to the N. ^ W. of the Port of Im-mi-fea, is 

 the Mouth of the Wed' el Ma'ilah, a Stream fomewhat l^fs J^^ w^^^^^ ei 

 than the Cherwell as It pafleth by Oxford. The [^•''♦^^ "^b] Wed el 

 Ma'tlah is The Salfum Flumen,o\: The Salt Rker of the Antients, flumen 

 and bears the fame Signification : fuch Appellations having been £«• p- im- 

 probably given to This River in all Ages, as were expreflive of 

 the Saline ilunlity of It's Water. The Sources of It are at 

 Sou/ el Tell, a fmall Diftridl about ten Leagues to the SE; 

 where It is ftrongly impregnated with Salt : but, receiving fome 

 Rivulets of frefli Water in It's approaches to the Sea, becomes 

 a little more diluted ; though I found It much too heavy and 

 brackilh to be drunk, when It palTed the Plains of Zei-doure, 

 Yet notwithftanding this ofFenfive Quality, fuch is the Want 

 of good Water in the Neighbourhood, that the Arahs, by ha- 

 bitual Cuftom, are reconciled to the Tafte and drink It with- • 

 out Reluftance. The Si-nan, the moft confiderable of the The si-nan. 

 Brooks falling into the Wed el Mailah, hath It's Sources at no 

 greater Diftance, than the Southern Confines of the Plains of 

 Zei-doure. It glides in a Variety of beautiful Windings through 

 This fruitful Diftrift, and is known by feveral Names, accord- 

 ing to the remarkable Places vifited by It in It's Courfe. The 

 Wed el Mailah, when united with the Si-nan, runs but a little 

 Way, before It difchargeth Itfelf into the Harfj-goone. 



*|0* o\^ Wed, vallis; Alveus fluvii : & ipfe Fluvius. vid. Gol. In voce. The Common 

 Term in Barbary for a. River : Nahar ( ►^:> J the general Word, elfewhere, being rarely made ufe of 

 in This Country. 



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