of the Weftern Province. 6i 



Teffseri\ after which are the Gurhies, (as They call the Mud- 

 walled Hovels) o( the Berii Tifray and Beni Menaffer, theln-BeniYifia, 

 habitants of the mountainous Country betwixt Maliana andfer"' 

 SberJJjell. The Boohalwan are met with ftill farther to the Boohaiwan, 

 E. near Hammam Mereega, and the Banks of the Wedjer: who dZ/^TrSll'. 

 likewife cultivate the rich hilly Country adjoyning to the Wefter- 

 moft Part of the Mettijiah. Thefe, in Conjun6lion with the^A^MACHu- 



. . SIl. Exc. p. 



Magrowah, and Their neighbouring Tribes, may probably in-"- a. vid. " 

 herit the Country of the antient Machusii. ^'^'' 



Merjejah, a mud-walled Village, is one of the Communities Mer-ejah. 

 under the Turkijh Yoke. It hath a high Situation, three Miles 

 over againft, and in View of Sinaah, but is only remarkable 

 for being under the Influence and Proteftion of a Family oiMa- 

 rabhuttSy the greateft of This Country, who have fucceeded 

 one another from Father to Son, through a Number of Ages 

 and Defcents. 



Beni Rafljid, the Benl-Arax of the modern Geographers, isBeniRaniid. 

 in the fame rugged Situation and miferable Condition with Mer- 

 jejah. It lyeth eight Miles to the E. hy S. oi Merjejah., and two 

 Miles N. of the River Fuddah, a Pofition quite different from 

 what San fori and T)u Val give It, to the S. or S. W. of Mafa- 

 gran. This Place ' made fome Figure in former Ages, having 

 had a Citadel, two thoufand Houfes, and a Race of warlike In- 

 habitants, who commanded as far as El Callah and Mafcar. 

 But at prefent, the Caftle is in Ruins, the two thoufand Houfes 

 and the large Territories are reduced to a few Cottages ; and 

 the People, from a like Courfe of Obedience, with their Neigh- 

 bours, to a jealous and fevere Government, are become equally 

 timorous and cowardly. However their Figs and Fruit, for 

 which they were always famous, continue in the fame Repute, 

 difputing Size and Delicacy of Tafte withThofe of the BeniZer- 

 walL Marmol maketh This Place the Villehirgumy or Villa 

 Vtcus, and San [on, the Bunohora of Ttolemy ; but the firft lying 

 to the W. of the Tortus Magnus., and the latter to the W. of 

 Cartenme^ neither of Them, I prefume can pretend to fuch a 

 Situation. 



I /^r/.Gfc^r.Vol.IV.p.2io. Extendit fefe RegioSe»jR4/Z)J(iorientem verfusin longum jo, 

 in latum vero 2j fere millia pafTuum. Reperias in moncibus illis aliquot pagos, atque in- 

 ter hos duo funt praecipui,quorum a.hei Chalhat Haoara eft appellatus,in mentis cujiifdam cofta 

 ad arcis modum fabricatusi mercatorum atque artificum domos circiter quadraginta nume- 

 rat: alter veto £/jko //^/irrfr nuncupatur. y.Lfff. p. r9(J,7. ,iii;i ;• ., .,j;: 



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