po Geographical Obfervations upon the Sea-Coaft 



the Bottom of the Mountain, for the Security of the Port. 

 Upon the Walls of One of Them, feveral Marks are ftill remain- 

 ing of the Cannon-Bail , left there by Sir Edward S-pragg in 

 His memorable Expedition againft This Place '. 

 The GamCov Boujeiah is one of the garrifoned Towns of This Kingdom, 

 where three Suffrahs conftantly relide ; but who are of fo little 

 Confequence, that the Goryah, the Toujah and other neigh- 

 bouring Kahjles , lay It under a perpetual Blockade. Every 

 Market Day efpecially, there are llrange Diforders raifed by 

 thefe factious Clans. As long indeed as the Market continueth, 

 every Thing is tranfafted with the utmoft Tranquillity; but 

 afterwards, the whole Place is immediately in an Uproar, and 

 the Day rarely concludes, without fome flagrant Inftance of 

 Rapine and Barbarity. 

 The Trade. The Inhabitants carry on a confiderable Trade in Plowfhares, 

 Mattocks , and fuch Utenfils as They forge out of the Iron, 

 dug out of the adjacent Mountains. Great Quantities likewife of 

 Oyl and Wax, brought down every Market Day by the Kahyks, 

 are fhipped off for the Le'vant and Europe. 

 Boujeiah,K'^ Boujetah, lying at the Diftance of XCI Roman Miles, or 

 £x^.p^o. b! i°- 45"'. from T)ellys or Rufucurium, may be taken for the An- 

 D.''°A^LDis'tient Saldce. It hath been already obferved, that Sald^e, is 

 P" '"'' ^' placed by Ttolemy at too great a Diftance to the Southward ; 

 and uf4bulfeda, though nearer the Truth, yet in giving to His 

 [s-aW-] Boujeiah 34°. only of N. Lat. throws It r°. 4-8'. farther to 

 the S. than I find It to be by Obfervation. Boujeiah being 

 the only City of This Part of Barhary , that is taken 

 Notice of hy ^bulfeda, will give us Room to fufped, that 

 Algiers was either not built, or of littleConfideration inHisTime. 

 ihe niver of Thc adjacent River, the Najava of Ttole7ny^ emptieth Itfelf 

 na^sIva! 'into the Sea a little to the Eaftward. It is made by a Num- 

 xc. p.io. . ^^^ ^^ Rivulets, which fall into It from different Dire61:ions ; 

 though none of Them arife in the Neighbourhood of Mefeelah, 

 x^fPhaamah. as fomc late Geographers * inform us. The Thaamah, called 

 afterwards, in pafling through the Plains of Hamza, the IFed 

 Ad-oufe ^ is the Weftermoft of Thefe Branches, having It's 

 Sources at Jilhel Deera, feventy Miles to the W. S. W. In 

 gliding below Mount Jurjura, It is called Zowah, where It is 



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