§6 Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Parts 



cumra. Six Lcagucs to the Southward of Fythe el Bothmah, are 



Amoui a. Gumva 2iVAAmoura, two DaJJokras, w ith Their Springs and Fruit 



Trees : and beyond Them, at a greater Diftance to the S. W. is 



The^i;? Maithie\ ^M then Dimmidde , which, with the 

 LoTaate? jDofikras of the Low-aate, nine Leagues farther to the W. are 



the moft confiderable A^illages of This Part of the Sahara. 



They have likewife in all Thefe Places, large Plantations of 



Date, and other Fruit-Trees. 

 , ^ u r The numerous Families of Maithie, Node, and Mel-leehe, 



The Arabs of 



Thh Fan 6/^,ith their feveral Subdivifions and Dependents, range all over 



Gaetulia. t r- i r> n i i -i-» • 



This Part of Gtetuha, from the Burg bwaary and the River 



Jin-enne, to the T)afhkras of the Low-aate, and the adjacent 



The hmmer. Mountaitts oithQy4mmer, another confiderable Clan, whofpread 



Themfelves over a mountainous Diftridl, a great way to the 



Weft. Their Mountains have been already fuppofed to be 



a Part of the Mons Thrurcefus\ and indeed, provided the P/?;^- 



rufii, one of the leffer Gcetulian Tribes, who have no fmall 



affinity in Name with It, can be brought thus far to the Eaft- 



Tko Lowaate ward, tlic Low-uate and Ammer will fall in very well with Their 



Jr«li/'"")r. Situation. The Tharufii ' by being placed in Ttolemfs Tables 



PHARTsff '^^ the Northward of the Melanogatuli, or of the Mons Sagapola, 



could not certainly be far diftant from It. 



Beni Mez- Thc Country of the Beni Mezzab is fituated thirty five 



"''' Leagues to the Southward o{ the Lowaate 2indi Ammer y con. 



fifting of feveral Villages, which, having no Rivulets, are fup- 



Gardciah. plyed altogether with Well- Water. Gardeiah, the Capital, is 



Bery-gan. thc farthcft to tlic Weft Ward : Bery-gan, the next confiderable 



Grarah. Dapjkrah, is nine Leagues to the Eaft; and Cr^r^/^ the neareft 



of Them to IVurglah, hath the like Diftance and Situation with 



Refped to Bery-gan. The Bent Mezzah, notwithftanding they 



pay no Tribute, have been, from Time immemorial, the only 



Perfons employed in the Slaughter Houfes o^ Algiers ; but as they 



are of the Se6t of the Melaki, they are not permitted to enter 



the Mo [que s of the Algerines. It may be farther obferved of 



This Tribe, that They are generally of a more fwarthy Com- 



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no} TO Oustt'^ytO^tt Of®", «p' B i ^a.')^i.Jk< irina^s \ti Ay, k i^ 



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