22 Geographical Ohfervations upon the Sea-Co aji 



shefta. The mountainous Diftrift to the N. and N.E. of the IVed el 



Mailah, is polTefled by the SJjeffa : and, upon the Sea-Coaft 



Madagh rA^ below Them, we meet with the fmall Port of Madagb, ii- 



Evf.p.t^.A.'tuated about three Leagues from the Ras ^zintoure to the 



Eaft. 



Five Miles over againft Madagh y is the Greater of the Iflands 

 Theijiands Ha-hceha, where there is frefli Water and Shelter for fmall 

 Veflels: and upon the Continent to the S.E. below the Moun- 

 Andaioufe, tains of the Sheffa, is the fmall Town of ^ndaloufe, built 

 PuER^'o- by a Colony of Thofe Jlndalufian Moors, who, in the Begin- 

 p.ij'.A. ''■ ning of the laft Century', were driven out oi Spain. Six Miles 

 to the N. h)> E. of u4ndaloufe, is the lefler Ha-heeha ; and over 

 Wed el ca- againft This Ifland, we have the Mouth of the IFed el Ka- 

 mvcr\/' faah, fo called from The [ u;'^* ] Reeds growing upon the Banks 

 of It. This Rivulet hath It's Sources in the neighbouring 

 Mountains, and falls into a Bay, that is bounded to the Eaft- 

 Cape Fai- Ward with Cape Falcon, as our Mariners call It; but which is 

 el Harflifa, kttown to the MooTS by the Name of [^Ras el \y-^^^ ] Har/Jj^ 

 TAcoNiuM./^,] The Rugged Head-Land. When I pafled by This Cape, 

 '"' ^' ' ' in the Month oi'Decemher, there were feveral Pieces of Ground 

 on each Side of It, which appeared to be fown with Wheat 

 and Barley, but the Tromontory Itfelf is barren and rocky. It 

 may be difputed therefore, from Thefe Tokens of Fertility in 

 the adjacent Country, whether This is the Metagonium of Slra- 

 ho \ and though the Situation indeed be oppofite to Carthago 

 Nova, yet the Diftance from It, is only about thirty Leagues ; 

 that is to fay, not a third Part of the three thoufand Furlongs 

 He gives It. On the eaftern Side of the Cape, there is a fine 

 fandy Bay, expofed only to the N.E. Winds. This the Moors 

 r^^spani- call the Port of Ras el Harfh-fa\ and it was Here the Spa- 

 mar Ras el niards landed in Their late Expedition ' asainft Warran. 



Harfli-fa. 



Two Leagues farther, in the fame Direction, is the U^^l cs-/"] 

 Mers'ei Ke- Mers' el Keheer, the Tortus Magnus or Great Tort of the Ro- 



beer, or the ^ cm- 



PoRTus mans\ fo named, as Tlmy hath obferved, from the Largenefs 



£*<:.p.xi.'E.and Capacity of It. In Contradiftindion to This, the Moors 



call another Port, lying five Miles from It, under the Walls of 



I Fue^efte auo [j(Jio] mui notable, por la efpulfion que el fe hizo dc los Mortfcos de to- 

 da Efpana, gente obftinada, y quetenian intelligcncia con los Turcos, y Moras de Bertieria: 

 continuofe la efpulfion efte, y los anos figuientes; Salio gran numero dcllos, dizen, que al- 

 gunos otros quedaron defconocidos, y dillra^ados. Hipr. Gen. de Efpana por luan de Ma- 

 rltHA Tm.2. p.77S' Madr. 163J. 2 A.D. MDCCXXXII. 



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