4-8 Geographical Ohjervations m the Inland 'Parts 



continue to form a Stream in that Direction, and to turn a Num- 

 ber of iMillS;, as They formerly are faid to have done. There 

 is a large Source of Water likewife within the City, conducted 

 hither, by a fubterraneous Channel, from fome other Place : but 

 the Mountains to the Southward abounding fo plentifully with 

 Water, there is no NecefTity of deducing It, with Marmol', 

 from the Fouara in Niimidta \ The ufual Demands of the City 

 are chiefly fupplied from This Source : which, for that Purpofe 

 is diftributed through a Number of Conduits to the Caftle, the 

 Mofques, and other Places of publick Refort. 

 TheBafon. \^ ^j^g V\' Q^ Part of thc City, we have a large fquare Bafon 

 of MooriJIj Workmanlhip, two hundred Yards long, and about 

 half as broad. The Inhabitants have a Tradition, that the Kings 

 oiTlemfan were accuftomed to take the Diverlion of the Wa- 

 ter upon It, whilft their Subje6ls were at the fame Time taught 

 the Art of Navigation. But the Water of the Sachrata'm, as 

 Leo' hath well obferved, being eafily turned off from It's ordi- 

 nary Courfe, This Bafon might have been rather deligned for 

 a Referwir in Cafe of a Siege : not to mention the conftant Ufe 

 of It at all other Times, in preferving a Quantity of Water fuffi- 

 cient to refrefli the great Number of beautiful Gardens and Plan- 

 tations below It*. Edr'tfi^ takes Notice of a Structure of This 

 Kind, where the Fountain of Om-Iahia difcharged Itfelf 

 TheWaUs Moft of thc Walls of Tlem-lan have been moulded in Frames : 



Made of Mor- '' _ ' 



''"■• and confift of a Mortar made up of Sand, Lime, and fmall Pe- 



bles; which, by being well tempered and wrought together, 

 hath attained a Strength and Solidity equal to Stone. The fe- 

 veral Stages and Removes of Thefe Frames are ftill obfervable, 

 fome of Them being a hundred Yards Long and a Fathom in 

 Height and Thicknefs : by which we may eftimate the Quan- 

 tity of Mortar made ufe of at one Time. 

 Tke City di- In Order, as we may conjecture, to ftifle any inteftine Com- 

 ivards" " motion,or to prolong a SiQ^Q,Tlemfan was formerly divided into 

 feveral Wards or Partitions ; of which there were two in the 



I La ville de Trimccen eft embellie de plufieiirs Fontaines qui viennenc toutes d' une feule 

 (qu' on appelle Fouara) quel on conduit de Numidia par des canaux loutenaines 1' efpace de 

 Jus de trente lieues. U ^frlque de Marmol. l.j.c.ii. 2 N.B. 77;^ Numidia o/Marmol is 

 the Gstalia of other Authors. 3 Innumeri hie fontes qui omnes fcaturigineni non procul 

 ab urbis moeniis habent, adeo ut facillime ab hoftibus adimi poflunt aquaedudus. y. Leo. p. 

 194. 4 Habet Teletifml territorium cleganti(fima fane rura, in quibus fe cives per ceftatem 

 continere folent : nam prsterquam quod liic omnia prata rideant, fontes limpidiffimi,omniuni 

 fru(5tuum affluentia oculos hunc in modum pafcunt, ui nunquam in Vita quicquam amoenius 

 me vidifle meminerim. jf. Lfo. p. 194. j Vid.Not.2.p.47- in 6ne. 



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