6o Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Parts 



7i?nnah, who, roving betwixt the Southern Parts of the River 

 y^rhew and the Meridian of IVannaJJjreefe, extend Their En- 

 Beni Mida, campuients as far as the Bent Mida, who border upon the Sa- 

 hara. Below the Beni Timnah, near Mejiddah and Sinaah, are 

 Welled Spa.- tj^g j^clled Spaihee \ and a httle to the Southward of Their 

 Welled uxe-2)6>^^7i//«r5, are Thofe of the Welle dUxe'tre, who have the Beni 



ire 



Timnahy and the Mountain oiWannaJljreeje to the South. The 

 L^t'iffi Lataff lye beyond the River Fuddah, at Tmulga, the Brook 

 Roo-ena, and El Khadarah ; and to the Southward of Them, 

 near Ti[fum-feely, and the correfponding Part of the Shelliff] 

 weiieaBco- are the Welled Boo-Samm, and I-aite. The ^zeefe, the Arahs 

 Welled i-ai- of This Part of the Sahara, rarely wander to the N. of the Shel- 

 M'atmata,' Uff, The Matma-ta, a factious Clan, with the Mountains of that 

 succljj-or! 'of Name, lye to the N. and N. E. of the I-aite \ Wanna/Jjreefe^ 

 at forty Miles Diftance, terminatesTheirProfped: to the Weft- 

 ward. Below Them are the Jendill, who fpread their Encamp- 

 ments from the Curve of the Shelliff'mto the fine Plains before 

 Maliana. 

 The mazi- The Mazices and Banturari, from their refpe6tive Pofitions 



CES and 1 1 r • rr i r ii 



bantvra- vvith Regard to the Mountam Zalacm, leem not only to have 

 p.i'i. A.* been polfefled of the Country belonging to Thefe Tribes, but 

 likewife of the Diftrids of the Sweede, Welled Booker and Ha- 

 leefy that were already taken Notice of' to the Weftward. 

 Tee couvtry The corrcfpondiug Part of This Country to the Northward 

 ^V/bhef" of the Shelliff, and which lyeth within the Meridians of the Ri- 

 ^"^" ver Arhew and Maliana, is pofTefTed chiefly by Kahyles ; who, 



from the Advantage of Their rugged and inaccelTible Moun- 

 tains, have not hitherto fubmitted to the Turks. Tnifs and 

 Thc^cmUi- Sherft)ell, which can beeafily annoyed by Sea; the Beni Ma- 

 ie°d Fainfs, doonj. Welled Fairifs, Beni Rapjtd, and the People oiMerjejah, 

 (^^"Mcrjejcc' who, haviug Tlicir refpe6live Dwellings and Encampments over 

 Aigfe^rZ'" againft the Welled Spaihee, Uxeire, and Lataff, are every Sum- 

 mer expofed to the Pillage of the Turki/h Armies; (thefe I fay) 

 are the only Communities brought under Subjedion. Of the 

 Theswn-h, independent Families; the Shirfa encamp to the Eaftw^ard of 

 the Welled Boofreed, and to the Northward oi Mazouna : The 

 Welled Ma- Welled Mafa and Gory a fucceed the Shirfa, having the Moun- 

 Gorya, talus of Merjejah, and of the Beni RaJInd to the South : The 

 Laihaat, Larhaat lye over againft El Khadarah, near the Banks of the 



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