54 Geographical Obfewaiions in the Inland Parts 



zecdaamah. Befidcs thc Zcedaamah and Mahall, who arc Branches of the 

 Fieerah. Sweedc, wc havc in Thefe Parts the yirahs Fleetah, Mailiff, 

 Bookham- and Boo-khammel. The Zee-daamah and Fleetah polTefs, as far 

 as the Sahara, the greateft Part of the Country betwixt the Me- 

 ridians of El Callah and Majcar \ whilft the Welled Mailiff?iXQ 

 met with at Madder [^^^ ] a fmall miry Diftrid: (as the Name 

 implyeth,) with a Rivulet, four Leagues diftant from the Ha- 

 brah. Five Miles farther, near the half Way to the River 

 Mina, are the Doo-wars of the Mahall, who drink of the Fre- 

 tijffah, a Fountain and Rill of good Water, ihaded by a beauti- 

 ful Grove of Poplar Trees. Beyond Thefe again are the Boo- 

 hhammel, the moft Northern of Thefe Communities, who rare- 

 ly wander to the Southward of Kulmeeta and the Banks of the 

 Shelliff. 

 Mon. DvR- The Mountains hitherto defcribed, lyine; betwixt Thofe of 

 10. D. Trara and El Callah, feem to be the Durdm of Ttolemy \ as 

 the ^ngad, the Bent Snoufe, the Beni Smeal, with fome of 

 mas^sy- the Branches of the Sweede and HaJJjeniy may be taken for the 

 T^! Exc. p. Succeflbrs of the MaJJcefyliiy and Dry it a. 

 Tke Brook Scvctt Milcs to the Eaftward of the Mina, is the Brook Ta- 

 Bern zcr- gia, which defcends from the Mountains of the Bern Zerwall, 

 a little to the Northward of the Shelliff. Thefe Mountains 

 Ihade y4l-Had and other Parts of the fruitful Diftrid of £/ Mil- 

 degah, and are noted for Their excellent Figs. 

 KeWariffa. The War'iJJa, another fmall Brook, to the Northward alfo of 

 the Shelliff y is two Leagues from the Tagia. After It hath wa- 

 tered Mazouna, It is employed, like the Sikke^ in overflowing 

 the fertil Plains towards the Shelliff. 

 Mazouna. Mazouua is fituatcd four Miles to the Northward of the Shel- 

 liff , at the Foot of a long Chain of Mountains, which begins a 

 little to the Weftward of the Beni Zerwall, and runs parallel 

 with the Shellff?^ far as Medea. It appears only to have been 

 founded by the Moors, being of the fame Structure with El 

 Callah, without the Footfteps of any fuch Roman Temples and 

 fumptuous Edifices, as are mentioned by "Dapper and Marmol'* 

 The Authors of the ^tlas Geographies^ make this Village the 

 Colonia Nom Cajiri, and the Oppidoneum of Ttolemy ^ which, 



I Vid. Atl. Geogr. Vol. 4. p. 208. La Contrce de Mazuna ert fore eftendue & 1' on y volt 

 les Ruines de plufieurs villes qui ont efte deftruites depuis les Remains, ou V on remarque 

 encore de grandes Tables d' albatre & des ftatues de pierres avec des Infcdptions Lathes. 

 L' Afr'ique de Marmol. l.j.c.jy. 2 Vid. ut fupra. 



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