of the U'ejiern Province. 5- 1 



At fix Leagues Diftance, Jibhel Karkar, a high Range of i'l'^'ei icar- 

 rocky Mountains, bound our Profpcdl to the South : And at 

 the hke Diftance from Them, in the fame Direction, are the 

 rugged Mountains of the Beni Smeal\ beyond which, we fall Bcni smcai. 

 in with the Encampments of the Har-arr, the Bedoweens of Hai-arr. 

 This Part of the Sahara. Fig-ig is a Knott of Villages, five Fig-ig. 

 Days Journey beyond the Bern Smeal to the S.S.W. They are 

 noted for Their Plantations of Palm-Trees, from which, all the 

 Weftern Part of This Province, is fupplyed with Dates. 



Three Miles from Sman, is the Ford of the ^ed el Mailahi wedei Mai- 

 whole Banks, being of a gritty fandy Subftance, were wore down 

 to the Depth of fifteen Foot where I palTed Them. A little on 

 This Side, I was fhewn the Place where the elder BarharoJJa 

 ftrewed about His Treafure ' : His laft, though ineffedlual Eft'ort 

 to retard the Purfuit of His Enemies. Upon an Eminence, at 

 half a Miles Diftance on the other Side of This River, there 

 is a Moortpj Sanctuary, with a great Number of Mattainores 

 dug round about It. The Votaries or Religions of This Place 

 drink no other Water than That of the Ma'ilah.. 



Bre-deah, a fmall Diftridt, chiefly noted for a large Pond of Bredcah. 

 good V/ater, lyeth fix Miles beyond the W^ed el Ma'ilah : after 

 which is the fmall Village of Mefergeen, fix Miles to the N.E. Mefcrgeen. 

 oiBredeah., and as much to the S. W. oifVarran. Mefergeen 

 is noted for a Rill of excellent Water running by It, which over- 

 flows a large Plat of Ground, that produced, when I faw It, 

 Roots and Potherbs of all Sorts for the Market of JVarran. The 

 Sihkah, a large Plain of fandy Ground, lyeth a little to the r/ ^ sibkah. 

 Southward of Mefergeen, and Bredeah. It extendeth It felf, 

 from the ^alt Rinjer, to beyond the Meridian oiWarran\ and 

 is dry in Summer but covered with Water in the Winter Sea- 

 fon. Upon the E. and S. E. Borders of It, as far as the Salt 

 Tits of Arzeiu and the River Taleelet, we meet with the T>oo- 



I El Marqtu's [ de Coinarcs] Ic [ el Biirharroja ] alancjo ocho Icguas de Tremeceii, anrcs dc 

 paflar a un giandc rio que Ic dize Huexda. [ I ftippofe a corruption only of Wed] Burbarroja q 

 vido al Marques a fus Elpaldas y tan ccica que ya venian Jos Chrilhanos rebucltos con fus 

 turcos matando y dcgollando, dava fe priefTa por pafTar en toto cafo el rio y falvarfc. Y para 

 mejor lo poder liazer y entretcneral enemigo, ulo de un Undo eftratagema dc gucrra (i'l lo 

 huuiara con otra gcnte) porquc vundofembrtir viuchos wifos de oroy de pluta, mucbas joyas ymu- 

 cha moneda de que yuan todos curgados, con muchas otras cofas, y ropas muy preciofas : pareciendole 

 que topando los Chriftianos con efto, la cobdicia los harta entretencr, para cogerlo, y anfi 

 tendria tiempo para el y fus turcos poder huyr y pafTar aquel rio a fu falvo. &cc. Epitome de 

 lo^Reges dc Argel. Cap.i.ii.p.j4. p. Dif^o de Haedo. &c. V,illadolid.i6\2. Four les [Chri- 

 ftiens] arreftcr U Liijfoit fouler de terns en terns de I' or & de I' argent p. tr Ic chemin. Marmo*. 1. <j. 

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