of the Southern Trovince. 7 1 



td that Degree with Lime and White-Wafli, that I could ne- 

 ver particularly diftinguifh Them. They may probably be the 

 fame with Thofe taken Notice of by Gramaye \ The publick 

 Buildings, fuch as are Their Bdgnios, Kajhareas &c. Their Offi- 

 cers, as the Muftj, Kady &c. The Inhabitants, as Jews and 

 Moors &c. have been already fufficiently defcribed by feveral 

 Authors. The Additions therefore which I have to make, will 

 relate chiefly to the Government, the Army, and the political 

 Interefts and Alliances of This Regency : but of Thefe in Their 

 proper Place. 



Skiers, from the Diftance and Situation of It with Refpe<5l Algiers, rhs^ 

 to Tefeff'ad, fliould be the antient Icofmm^ placed in the //i-p.io.A.p.19! 

 nerary forty feven Miles from Tipafa. Leo^ and Marmot"' in-p.i3.Cap.iv 

 form us that It was formerly called Mefgana from an ^frican^''^' 

 Family of that Name. The prefent Name [f^>^'^ or ^-t>^'i] ^/ 

 Je-zeire ox Alje-ze'trah, (for fo we fliould pronounce It) ligni-Aije-zeire, 

 fieth in This Language The IJJand\ fo called from being in the"'^ 

 Neighbourhood (not, as Leo'' acquaints us, oi thQ Bale arte Jz I- 

 flands, but) of the Eafl:ern Mound of the Harbour, which, 'till 

 after the Time of the Turhpj Conquefl:s, was fevered from 

 the Continent. In Their publick Letters and Records, They 

 fl:ile It S^Al Je-zeire Megert;ie'] The IJland in the Weft, to difliin- 

 guifli It from a City of the fame Name near the ^Dardanelles. 



The Hills and Valleys round about Algiers are every where r>6^ ?roi\ea 

 beautifi^ed with Gardens and Country Seats, whither the Inha-lound X«7 

 bitants of better Fafliion retire, during the Summer-Seafon, The 

 Country Seats are little white Houfes, fliaded by a Variety of 

 Fruit Trees and Ever-Greens; whereby they afford a gay and de- 

 lightful Profpedl towards the Sea. The Gardens are well flrocked 

 with Melons, Fruit and Pot-herbs of all Kinds ; and, what is 

 chiefly regarded in thefe hot Climates, each of Them enjoys a 

 great Command of Water, from the many Rivulets and Foun- 

 tains which every where difl:inguifli Themfelves in This Situa- 

 tion. The Fountain-water made ufe of at Algiers, univerfally 



I IVLIO CifiSONI. M.M. PTOLO. IVB. F. . .IS RVFVS ET LETVS 



II LEG. MAVRIT. . . P. O. MAVRIT. X. P. D. ONV. MIS . . 

 PRISCA F. ELIA. POS. COH. IVL. M. F. Gnm.Afr. illuft. I.7.C.I. 



a Gefeir Afns idem atque nobis infula fonat, unde defumptum nomen putant quod infulis 

 JIdajorics., M'inoric£ atque Geuifa. adjacet. Conditores habuic Afros, qui ex familia Mefgane ori- 

 ginem traxerant, quare & apud antiques Afefgana fuit appellata. y. Leo. 3 Lcs Maures 

 nomment yilger Gez.eire de Bern MofgMic. EUe a efte baftie par de Bereberes de ce nom, fi bien 

 que les anciens Hiftoriens 1' appellent Mofgane. Marm. l.j. c.41. 4 Vid.Not.2. 



S z efl:eemed 



Algiers. 



