Of the Weftern Pro'vtnce, 5 1 



Two Galley 

 Ports, with 



Under fome fteep rocky Cliffs , five Miles to the E. of ^r- 

 ze74/, we pafs by two Galley Ports; one of which openeth to-f ?,%' 

 wards Muftj-gafimnij the other towards the Port of y4rzew. 

 Both feem to have been under the Protection of one and the 

 fame Fort that is lituated above Them, and which formerly was 

 conveniently fupplied with Water from an adjacent Mountain. 

 A great Part of the Conduit ftill remaineth, and might be eafily 

 repaired for Ufe. 



A little farther, is the Mouth of the Rivers Sikke and Ha- ue Mouth of 

 hrah, which unite, about three Miles, before They fall into the Habrah.'"' 

 Sea. The Ta-leekt, which defcends from the Mountains Ta- 



The Ta-lec- 



farowy, when It is not drunk up by the Plains, will likewife let. 

 augment the Stream ; there being no other Channel to convey 

 It to the Sea. 



The Sikke or Sigg hath It's Sources at the Hammam o^ Seedy The sikke or 

 Aly Ben Jouhe, forty Miles to the S. W. In paffing by the^'^^' 

 Plains of Tef-failah, It is called the River Makerra ; and Sikke, 

 when It begins to enter Thofe ofMidfy. The Sikke might be 

 well taken for the antient River Siga, was only an Affinity in 

 Sound to be regarded, and were not the old Geographers una- 

 nimous in placing the Latter much farther to the Weft ward. As 

 therefore the fertil Plains ofMidfy may be confidered, as a large ^^f ^^TL^f" 

 Garden, canton'd out into a Number of Partitions ; and, as each '^''"''^' "^ ^" 



vus. 



of Thefe hath a Branch, Rimis ' or Incile of the Sikke, always 

 ready, when required, to overflow It; we may deduce the 

 Name rather from [ -»^-] Sikk, or Sakeah, whereby the Arahs 

 lignifie fuch artificial Drains and Trencher, which This River, as 

 Occafion ferveth, is derived into. 



The Hahrah hath It's Fountains fifty Miles to the South ; "^''^ ^"^'"-^^ 

 the principal of which is at Nif-rag, where the Water burfts 

 out with a furprizing Noife and Rapidity. When It arrives 

 within eight Leagues of the Sea , It receiveth a Branch from 

 the [c>*=-] Hammaite , where there is a Hot Bath, (as the 

 Name imports) and feveral antient Cifterns. Hitherto This 

 River hath been known by the Name of The Tagiia ; but now or Tagi i, 

 affuming that of The [ Wed el [ ^^^ ] Ham-mam , ] Rii^er of or wed ei 

 the Baths , windeth Itfelf afterwards through feveral Moun- 



I Incilia, foj^s, funt qua In Agr'is fiunt adAquam deducendanti dicuntur & deriv/ttiones de Riro 

 communi fuH<e. Vid. ColumeL in voce Incilia. 



Claudite J am Kivos Ptieri, fat Prata bibermt. Vir. Eel, 5. l.iii. 



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