pS Geographical Ohjervations upon the Sea-Coaji 



over againft Gelma, in the Boo-hammam. The Sei-boufe ftill 

 continuing in an Eafterly Dire6tion, is augmented by the Wed 

 el Ma'ilah near the Meridian of Bona ; and then altering It's 

 Courfe to the Northward, traverfeth a moft delightful Coun- 

 try all the way to the Sea. 

 K.Mafragg, Fout Leagues farther is the Mouth of the Ma-fragg, a River 

 cATus'^fl' fomewhat lefs than the Sei-houfe, whofe Fountains are at no 

 £«.p.i3. g^^^^^gj. ]3i{tance, than the Mountains which lye S, of the 

 Merdafs. A high Bank of Sand, raifed by the N. and N. E. 

 Winds, generally ftops up the Mouth of It, which, except after 

 great Rains, is feldom open. The Sei-houfe and Ma-fragg, the 

 principal Rivers betwixt Hippo and Tabraca, anfwer to the 

 ylrmua and Rtibricatiis of the Antients. Thuanus * feems to 

 have been badly informed concerning the Courfe of the Latter, 

 in conducting It, below the Tromontorium ^poUims, into the 

 Gulph of Carthage. 

 Cape Rosa. Doubling Cape Rofa, five Leagues from the Mafragg to the 

 Bai^ion. N. E. we tum into the Baftion, where there is a fmall Creek, 

 and the Ruins of the Fort, which gave occafion to the Name. 

 The Fadlory of the French African Company, had formerly 

 Their Settlement at This Place : but the unwholfomenefs of 

 the Situation, occafioned by the neighbouring Ponds and 

 La Caiie. Marllics, obliged Them to remove to La Calle. This is ano- 

 ther Inlet, three Leagues farther to the Eaft, where Thofe 

 Gentlemen have a magnificent Houfe and Garden, three hun- 

 dred Coral Fifhers, a Company of Soldiers, feveral Pieces of 

 Ordinance, and a Place of Arms. Befides the Advantage of 

 the Coral Fifhery and the whole Trade of the circumjacent 

 Country, They have alfo at Bona, Tuchifj, Sgigata and Cull^ 

 the Monopoly of Corn, Wool, Hides and Wax ; for which Pri- 

 vileges They pay Yearly to the Government of Algiers, to the 

 Kaide of Bona, and to the Chiefs of the neighbouring Arabs, 

 thirty thoufand Dollars, or about fiVQ thoufand Guineas of our 

 Money. The Baftion, and La Calle, are, I prefume , too 

 contiguous to be taken for the Diana and Nalpotes of the 

 Itinerary. 



* Rubricato fluvio, qui alijs Ardalio, hodie Ladcgus paullum inverfo nomine vocatur, ad 

 H'tpponem continuo tradu orientem verfus ora porrigiturj inde paullum intra recedens ad 

 Hipponitidem paludem & Thin'ijfam olim didam finuatus aique in mare excurreus ApoUinis 

 promoniorium efficir. Tliuan. Hift. 1.7. p. <JI2. 



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