J 2 Geographical Ohjervations in the Inland Tcirts 



Beni Am- wars of thc Bem-Ammer, a numerous and warlike Coiliniuni- 

 ty; who, from Their former Intercourfe with the Spaniards^ 

 whilft in Pofleffion of ff'Wran, fpeak the Spanifi Language to 

 Perfection. 



The Moun- A lone Chain of Mountains runs Parallel with the Sihkah, 



tntus OJ T CI- '-^ ^ 



ijiiah and callcd to thc Weftward Teffa'ilah, and to the Eaftward Tafa- 



rowy. On this Side the Mountains of leljailah^ fifteen Miles 



Arbaai. from TVavran to the S. are the Ruins of yirhailah, or Arhaal^ 



the Agohel of Marmol\ formerly a confiderable City. 

 ^/5a'''''' ^^•'^ Miles behind Arhailah, are the Ruins o^TejfJailab, a City 

 ciLis. Exc. of the like Bignefs, though fituated in a richer Soil, upon the 

 Plains, as They are called, of TelJailah. This being a Station 

 of the Romans :, and lying in the fame Meridian with {IFar- 

 ran or ) Huiza, may lay a greater Claim to the antient Afla- 

 cilk than Tefzra above mentioned. TeJJaUah likewife varieth 

 very little from what we may fuppofe to have been the old 

 Pronunciation of Aftacilis^ before It received a Greek or La- 

 tin Termination. All Thefe Mountains and Their adjacent 

 Plains, are poffelTed by Welled Aly and Welled Monfa-Ben ^- 

 dallah, the hereditary Enemies of Welled Zeire and Haifa. 

 WfHanicm. 'j^i^g Country adjacent to the Rivers Makerrah and Tagiah, 

 before they enter the Plains of Midley and Romaleah, belongs 

 to the Hapjem\ who, according to the Eaftern, Middle, or 

 Wellern Part of the Country They inhabit, and in Contradiftin- 

 <5tion to the other Branches of the fame Name, are called the 

 Hafjeyn Shraaga, the Ha/ljem Saha-rowy, and the Hapoem of 

 Agree fe. They are one of the moft confiderable Tribes of the 

 Weft, are obliged to the Payment of no Taxes, and ferve only 

 as Volunteers, when the Algerines require Their Afiiftance. 

 The Plains of Mtdley are the Property chiefly of the Viceroy 

 Abdt el of This Province, and cultivated at His Expence. Upon the 

 TiMi'cE.^ Weftern Skirts of Them, we meet with the Sanduary of Seedy 

 Not.J'ibid.' T)oud^ and fome Ruins hard by It, called iAbdt el Wed. Ti- 



mice fhould lye near This Place. 

 Taguimem- Tagulmemmett , the Tugilmac, I prefume, of our modern Sea 

 Charts, is about four Miles to the S. S. E. of Mnflyganmm\ 

 and, by the Extent of Ruins, feems to have been a Place of 

 Confideration. The large fertil Plains below It, particularly 



I /Igohel eft entre Tez.eU & Omwj on nommolt cette ville anciennement Vicleire. L' A' 

 friqite de Marmol. I. j. c. 14. 



where 



metr. 



