of the Wejiern 'Province. 



49 



Time of Edri/i\ Each of Thefe might be confidered as a 



Diftin6t City, being of a Square or oblong Figure, enclofed with 



a high Wall, of the fame Strudure with that of the City. About 



the Year MDCLXX. Haffan, then T)ey of Algiers, laid moft 



of This City in Ruins, as a Punifliment for the Difaffeftion of 



the Inhabitants at that Time; fo that there is not above owQThe Extent of 



fixth Part remaining of the old Tlemfan, which, as I compute, 



might have been four Miles in Circuit. 



Among Thefe Ruins, particularly in the Eaft Part of the City, '^^^^J^- 

 we meet with feveral Shafts of Pillars and other Fragments o^ckHeHure. 

 Roman Antiquities. In the Walls of an old Mofque, I faw a 

 Number of Altars dedicated to the 2)ii Manes. The following 

 was the only legible Infcription. 



^ 



J 



D. M. S. 



M. TREBIVS 



ABVLLVS VIX. 



AN. LV. M. TRE 



BIVS lANVARIVS 



FRATRI CARISSIMO 



FECIT. 



Gramaye- informeth us, that Rabbi Abraham had feen feve- 

 ral Medals, dug up in This Place, infcribed Tremis. Col. a 

 City, I prefume, not known to the old Geographers : for Ti- 

 mice ' (probably from fome fuppofed Affinity in the Name, ) 

 hath been generally taken for Tlemfan. Yet provided Tejffai- 

 lah proves to be the antient Aftacllis^ ( as may by and by ap- 

 pear probable) Timke, in lying half a Degree beyond It to the 

 Eaftward, cannot fo well agree with This Situation as the La- 

 nigara oiTtolemy. There is fome Room likewife to conjefture, 



I Vid.Not.2.p.47. in principio, 2 RMhius /^brahAin liddthiLtvznz fevidifle numifmata in 

 fubinb. merid. cfFoila, cum infcriptione TREMIS COL.Graniaye /Ifr'tc, iUiiJlrat. c.2^. 3 Vid. 

 yitlas Geogr. Vol. IV. p. 315 



N that 



Tlemfan, or 

 Lanigara. 

 Exc. p. I I.e. 



