of the Weftern Province. fg 



t E/ K/jada-rabj the Chadra of Edrifi', is the next remark- 1--' ^hada- 



... rsh 



able Place in This Situation, lyi"g thirteen Miles only in a di- 

 redl Line from the River Ftiddah, though as much more in the 

 Courfe of travelling. It is lituated, like Mejiddah^ upon a rifing 

 Ground, on the Brink of the Shelliff\ and is equal to Stnaah in 

 Extent of Ruins. A Range of Mountains, riling immediately 

 from the oppofite Banks of the ShelUff, (helter It from the N. 

 Wind; \\\i\\^iJihbelT>wee, another high Mountain, at a Miles 

 Diftancc, fronting It from the S.E. fupplyeth the beautiful little 

 Plains between Them, with a plentiful Rill of Water. The per- 

 petual Verdure of Thefe Plains, may, in all Probability have 

 communicated Their own Name of [ ^-v^^='^ El Chuhd-ary\ The or tkecrec^. 

 Green to thefe Ruins, though the Rank and Figure It muft have 

 formerly held among the African Cities, could well entitle It 

 to another Etymology, from Chadra [ mxn ] The Town, as It 

 might have been called by Way of Eminence. The Epitomizer 

 of Edrift feems to have underftood His Chadra in the former 

 Senfe : but if we could receive the latter Interpretation, It 

 would probably be a ftronger Argument for fixing the Oppido- 

 neum here, than at Stnaah, according to the Tenor of Ttolemys 

 Tables. The Itinerary certainly, in laying down only a Diftance 

 of eighteen Miles betwixt His Oppidum No'vum and Malliana, ( exc. ^.^c. 

 very obvioufly fixeth It at This Place. But if Ttolemy\ Au- ' ' 

 thority is to direct us, then His Zucchahbari ( the Succabar and '^'' ^^c- 

 the Colon'ia Aiignfta as we may fuppofe oiTliny) placed in the^^-^pi't 

 fame Lat. and 5-0' to the E. of Opp'idoneum, will better agree 

 with This Situation. Jibbel T^n/ee likewife, upon the fame 

 Suppofition, may be taken for the Mons Tranfcellen/is, which, 

 according to Ammianit^ % hung over It. 



A few Paces to the E. of Thefe Ruins, are the Remains of ^^-^ ^^one 

 a large Stone Bridge, the only one perhaps that was ever built 

 over the Shelliff, notwithftanding the great Inconveniences Tra- 

 vellers are fometimes put to, efpecially in the Winter Seafon, 

 of waiting a whole Month before They can ford It. 



The Inhabitants of This Part of the Country, to theEaftward J^'^^^T" 

 of the Sweede, and on This Side the Shelliff, are firft the Bern 



I Egredieris ex urbe Tenes, piocedefque fpatio juftas ftationis ad filios Vaz.elefn, montes 

 horridos, rupefque frequentcs. A filiis Vaz.elefn ad Chudra [i.e. virldem} liabes item ftationem. 

 Et i Cbadru ad urbem Jdiltana ftationem : & tercia ab hac die, ex parte meridionali, extat 

 mons Van.iferts didus qui longitudine explet iter quatridiii, attingit enim extremitatibus 

 iuis loca propinqua Trf/wr/^. Geog. Nub. ■p.%j. 2 Converfus hinc (/c. ^ C<e/4rf 4 ) venit ad 

 municipium SugabarrttanumTranjcellinfi monti adcline. Ammian. Marceliims I.29. c.y. 



P X Timnah, 



