Of the Southern Trovince. 85' 



Boofaadah, a CoUeaion oi DaP^kras, fubfifting by Their B'^"'"'^'^^- 

 Date Trees, lyeth under Jibbel Seilat , twenty Miles to thejibbcisciht, 

 Weftward of Seedy Braham. Twelve Leagues farther, in the 

 fame Direftion, are The [^^=3\ ^^^^> Theneate el Gannhn^\ 

 Sheep-Cliffs, called likewife \^Ede Tepelaar] Thefeven Hills by Jhcnea^^e d 

 theTurks. Thefe are fituated over againftthe^/^r^/j^Tz/^^r/ and 

 the Titterie Doff, at forty Miles Diftance. A little way be- 

 yond the Se'ven Hills, are the Eminences and Salt Pits of Zaggps, z^ggos. 

 after which , we are to chmb over the Saary, and then the m- sa^iry. 

 Zeckar, two other noted Mountains ; This twelve, the Other m. zeckar. 

 five Leagues only to the Southward of Zaggos. Thefe, with 

 many other rugged and mountainous Diftridls within the Sahara, 

 very well illuftrate, what 5/r^^o maybefuppofed to mean, by^^^ ^^ 

 the Hilly Country of Gatulia. 



Six Leagues to the Eaftward of the Zeckar, is Fythe ' el^^,^^^^ 

 Bothmah, fo called perhaps from The broad or open Turpentine ^°^^'^'^^' 

 Trees, that grow upon the Spot. Seven Leagues from thence 

 to the Northward , is Thyte el Bo-tum [ ^'^X o^^il ] The 

 thick or fliady Turpentine Tree , as It is probably named, in xhyte ei 

 Contradiftinftion to the Others. Thefe are two noted Sta- ^''■''''"• 

 tions of the Beni Mezzah , and other Gcetulians , in their 

 Journeyings to Algiers. 



At Herba, a Heap of Ruins a little to the Eaftward of^^^^j^^ 

 Fythe elBothmah, are the Sources of The \JVed el 7^^^ Shai-er'] ^v^d ei 

 Barley- River, a confiderable Stream of This Part of Gcetulia. ^^^^-c'^- 

 TheCourfe of It, from Herba to the T)aPjkrah of Booferjoone, „^^j. .^^^^ 

 is ten Leagues in a N. N. E. Dire6tion. At a little Diftance 

 from Booferjoone , below a Ridge of Hills, there are other 

 Antient Ruins called Gahara. Belides the Palm, which grow- rj^j^^j.^ 

 eth in This Parallel to Perfection, Booferjoone is noted alfo for 

 the Appricot, Fig, and other Fruit Trees. 



To the Northward oiBooferjooneThe Wed el Shai-er acquires 

 the Name of Mailah, from the Saltnefs of It's Water : and wed ei 

 paffing afterwards to the Eaftward of The \_Ain [^^»o] Difla or^^^^^ 

 *Defaily ] Fountain of Oleanders , and of the Mountain 

 Mai-herga, the Haunt of Leopards, Serpents, and other noxi- ^^^^^^^ ^^^.^ 

 ous Animals, lofeth Itfelf in the Shott. her-a. 



I Viz.. a ,^]ai latum efficere. vid. Gol. in voce 



