(54 Geographical Obfervations in the Inland Parts 



Maiiana dif- Thcrc is a great Difaffreement betwixt Ttolemy and the Au- 



ferejitly laid c . '-' _ _ ^ ^ ^ 



down by pto- thor of the Itinerary, in the Situation of Their Maniana, or 



Linemy. Malliana. For the firft placeth It lo'. to the Weftward of the 

 Oppidoneum or Oppidum No'Dum, and the latter eighteen Miles 

 to the Eaft. Nay Ttolemy maketh a Difference of near 4-^ or 

 ago Miles in Their Latitudes. The Name then ( which may 

 be fuppofed to have been inviolably prefer ved ) with a Pre- 

 fumption that the Malliana of the Itinerary is the fame with 

 the Maniana of Ttolemy, are the only Circumftances to deter- 

 mine us: which, at the fame Time They prove the Montes Ga- 

 raphi to be o\xx Jihhel Ztchar, fhew us the great Errors that may 

 have crept into Ttolemy %T?ih\Q?>\ inafmuch as, by Them, we 



Exf.p.io.ii. ar& to look for Maniana and the Montes Garaphi, at, I know 

 not how great a Diftance, in the Sahara. 



The Ham- Eight Milcs to the E. N. E. of Maiiana, at nearly the half 



rn3,m IVfc— • . 



reega, Way betwixt the Shelliff 2indi the Sea, are The [Hammam'\ 



ne Aqv^ Baths of Mereega, the ^qua Calidce Colonia of the Antients. 



^i a""' ^^^ largeft and the moft frequented of Them, is a Bafon of 

 twelve Foot fquare, and four in Depth : and the Water, which 

 bubbles up in a Degree of Heat juft fupportable, after It hath 

 filled this Cittern, pafleth to a much fmaller one made ufe of 

 by the Jews, who are not permitted to bathe in Company with 

 the Mahometans. Both Thefe Baths were formerly covered 



V with a handfome Building, having Corridores of Stone running 



round Their Bafons ; but, at prefent. They lye expofed to the 

 Weather, and, when I faw Them, were half full of Stones and 

 Rubbifh. A great Concourfe of People are ufually here in the 

 Spring, the Seafon of Thefe Waters : which are fuppofed to re- 

 move Rheumatick Pains, to cure the Jaundice, and to alleviate 

 moft other inveterate ill Habits and Diftempers. Higher up 

 the Hill, there is another Bath, of too Tntenfe a Heat to bathe 

 in : which is therefore conduced through a long Pipe into an- 

 other Room, where It is made ufe of in an Operation ' of the 

 Same Nature and EfFe6l with our Pumping. 



I Afperfionem in Balneis naturalibus Ducciam appellant. — Sunt ergo in Balneis, qua ad 

 Iiunc ulum probantur, conftitutx fiftulas — quae digiti parvi magnitudine vel majoii, ubi opus 

 eft, volubili epiftomio claufe ; ^ fuperiori alveo, qui infixas ex ordine habcat fiftulas, ac fta- 

 tim h communi fonte finceras recipiant aquas, pro eo ac quifquam voluerit, vel quantum vo- 

 luerit, reclufo epiftomio, vel claufo infundant ftillicidium. Delabuntur autem lie aqua pal- 

 tai unius, vel ad fummumcubiti fpatio, unde ex infultu conveniencem faciant imprelTionem; 

 vel in Balneum, vel in fubjeftum ad eas recipiendas alveolum. &c. Baccius de Thermis lib.2. 

 Cap.i(J. 



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