72 Geographical Ohjervations upon the Sea Coafi 



efteemed to be excellent, is Ukewife derived, through a long 

 Courfe of Pipes and Conduits, from Thefe Sources. 

 The Haratch, Four Milcs to the S. E. of ^giers is the River Haratch, 

 which rifeth behind the Mountains of the Beni Moiijah \ and^ 

 joyning The [ Wed el Kermez ] Fig-Rher, runs through the 

 richeft Part of the Mettijiah. It is about half as big as the 

 Ma-faffran and had formerly a Bridge built over It, at a fmall 

 Diftance from the Sea. Marmol ' and fome later Authors ac- 

 quaint us, that the Ruins oi Safa, called otherwife Old Algiers^ 

 are to be feen near the Banks of It ; but I could never meet 

 with Thefe Ruins, nor receive the leaft Information about Them. 

 This, or the Hameefe which falleth into the Sea feven Miles to 

 the N. E. may perhaps be the Sa'VJii of Ttolemy, though nei- 

 ther the one nor the other anfwereth to the Latitude, which 

 is xo' to the Northward of Icofium. 

 ZJk S:T ^^^ Hameefe is fomewhat fmaller than the Haratch, having 

 Savus.£«. It's Fountains among the high Mountains of the Beni Jaat, 



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eight Leagues to the Southward. In paffing through the Diftri6ls 

 of the Me-gata and El-Hlmthra, It goeth by the Name of [^r- 

 ha-taajh el Mukdah ] The Fourteen Fords ; and, entering the 

 Mettijiah, is called the Hameefe, from The [ (^<v*=^'^ H^^ ^ouk 

 el Hameefe ] Fair that is kept every fifth 'Day, [ or Thurfday ] 

 upon the Banks of It. Leo ' calls This River Seffaia, a Word not 

 very different from the antient Savus : but I could not be in- 

 formed, that It was known by any fuch Name at prefent. 

 SJSrus- ^ Temendfufe or Metafiis lyeth two Leagues N. of the Ha- 

 cxjiiiJLCo\.fyieefe, being a low Cape with a Tailed Land, as the Mari- 

 or RusTo- ners call a flat Hillock, that rifeth up in the Middle of It. Up- 



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A. or Ru- on that Part of It which looketh towards Akiers, the Turks 



THISIA. p. 



i9.A.orRus-have a fmall Caftle for the Security of the adjacent Road, once 



p.ii.D.p.3o.*the chief Station^ of the^/^m;/e'Navy; and where we have ftill 



'^'^ ' " fome Traces of the antient Cothon. A Heap of Ruins, of the 



fame Extent withThofe o^Tefeffad and whofe Materials have 



equally contributed to the railing the Fortifications of Algiers, 



are fpread along This Part of the Sea-fhore. The Diftance of fif- 



I Saq^a eft une ville dont on voir les ruines cnire Algiers & Metafus, fur la Cofte de la mer 

 Med'ttenanee. Elle eft fur le bord d' une riviere (Htted el Hurrax. ) L' Afrique de Marmol I. j. 

 cap. 42. Atlas Geogr. V0I.4. p. 202. 2 Seffaia amniculus ex Atlante proveniens ac Met'tgiit 

 Planitiem yilgeru vlcinam affluens, juxta vetuftum o^^'iAamTemendfufl in mare Mediterraneum 

 fluit. J.Leo, p. 285. 3 Ah ^gez.aier ad Tamendfas, orientem verlus, novem milliaria : eft 

 avLttrnTamendfas Portus pulcherrimus. Geog.Nub.^.%2. Temendfufe fatis frequens hie eft Por- 

 tus, in ({woGefeir naves in tuto funt, his enim vix alius eft Portus. J.Leo, p.204. 



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