78 Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Parts 



Boo-haiwan. of the Boo-Joalwan. the yirahs Zeriava-ra and Boodarna. with 

 Boodarna.' thclr Fouiitains Raf-el Wed, "Dim, and Athreede. Thefe Tribes 



polfefs a fine Country, made up of Hills and Valleys ; and at Ain 



yithreede there are the Traces of an old City. 

 TheDtflnasof Eight Mlles to the S. S. E. of the Boudarna, and at the like 

 A^^url'""^ Diftance to the S. W. of Medea, are the fruitful Diftrids of 



JVamre and Amoura, both of Them watered by the Harheene. 



This Rivulet is chiefly collected from the Fountains of Medea ; 



and near the weftern Banks of It, as It paflfeth through Amou- 

 rymvuhtofra to unite the Shelliff, there are fome confiderable Ruins wa- 



Harbeene. .^, 



tered by a plentiful Fountain. The Arabs call Them Herba, a 

 Name common to other Places, and by which They denote 

 Herba, rz,- fomethittg [^^^] ^ro^^;/?/^ or pillaged. TtolemfsCaJmara, in 

 Etc!'lTuE. being placed betwixt and to the S. of the Aquce Calidce and Bida^ 

 will rather agree with Thefe Ruins, than Thofe at Ain Athreede. 

 The Reega, The Reega and Hooara, the Arabs in the Neighbourhood of 

 ' Medea, reach as far as Burwak-eah and the Sanftuary of Seedy 

 Seedy Ben Ben Tjba, built eight Miles to the S. of Medea, upon the 

 Welled Bra- caftem Banks of the Shelliff. IVelled Braham and the Foun- 

 tains of the Btjhbe/Jj, are three Leagues to the E. oi Medea ^ 

 Burwak-eah. and at the like Diftance to the S. is the Diftridt of Burwak-eah, 

 fo named from the Abundance Q{The\Burwah ^j*./^] Kings/pear 

 ^lEima. which it produceth. ElElma, are the principal ^r<^^j of ^//r- 

 waheah, whofe Diftrict is remarkable for a Hot Bath, called 

 tig'Js'. Lf tiammam el Elma, and for the Ruins of a large City known by 

 p. 12. B. f i^g Name of Herba ; the Tigis probably of the Antients. 

 seedyNedja. Ncar Burwak-eah is the Sandluary of Seedj/ Nedja and the 

 Fountains of the JVedA^jpeov [^j^*^'\ Shai-er\ to the Southward 

 Urbya. of which, arc the Urbya and Their Salt Pits, where the IVed el 

 Wed el Mai- Mailah hath It's Fountains. This River is fomethins brackifh, 

 and, before It joyns the Zagwan, drinks up the BlJ}3befi> and 

 Ain Be-feef the Wed Shai-er. Am Be-feefe, lying betwixt Seedy Ned.ja and 

 tain by tlT' TttteTie T)oJ]j, illueth out of the Chink of a large Rock, which 

 the Arabs, among other foolifti Stories upon the fame Subjed:, 

 affirm to have been cleft by Aly, the Son in Law of their Pro- 

 phet. Agreably to this Tradition, they give out that Ain 

 [o*A<"->] Be-feefe is the fame with a Fountain that is forced or 

 procured by the Sword. 

 Burgh Swaa- The \Burgh Swaarf] Caflle in the Diftrift of the Swaary, ly- 

 '^' eth four Leagues to the S. W. of Ain Be-feefe and ten to the 



South- 



