of the Eajlern Province. pp 



The Pl'^'ed el Erg, a Brook ouzing from the Lake of thewcdciErg. 

 Nad'ies is five Leagues from La Calk to the Ealt. This hath 

 been for fome Years the difputed Boundary betwixt the Re- 

 gences oi Algiers and Tunis ; but as the Country lying betwixt 

 It and the Zame , four Leagues firther to the Eaft^ is fre- 

 quently laid under Contributions by the Algerines ; I have 

 placed the Eaftern Boundary of Their Dominions, at the Latter. 



Zaine, the prefent Name of the Tufca, fignifieth in the Lan- ^^^zaine or 

 guage of the neighbouring Kahyles, an Oak Tree\ a Word near- p-^'- <^^p-+- 

 ly of the like import and fignificancy with Thahraca '. 

 J. Leo and others after Him call This River Guadilbarhar % 

 deducing It from the City Urhs , a great way to the South- 

 ward : but This River is known by no fuch Name at prefent • 

 and hath It's Fountains at no greater Diftance than the adja- 

 cent Mountains. The Ruins of the ancient Thahraca, or Ta- Ta-barka, or 

 hraca, called at prefent 7l2-^^rX'^, are fpread over theWefterncoi!'£'xrp. 

 Banks of It, where befides fome broken Walls and Cifterns,cl'p^3.p.i9. 

 with a fmall Fort and Garrifon of Tunijeens, we have the fol- ^^^' ^* 

 lowing Infcription. 



D. M. s. 



NEVIA GEMIS 



TA PIA CASTA 



VIX. ANN. XXII. 



MENS. VI. H. XI. 



H. S. E. 



Among the principal Inhabitants of the Maritime Parts oirhe Maritime 

 Numidia, we have along the Banks of the Ze amah, the BemmtSif 

 Be-leet : and after Them the Zeramnah, Taahnah, and Bent 

 Minnah, who, with the Hajaitah and Senhadgah, the Bedo. 

 weens of Torto Ga'vetto and Ras Hadeed, are the chief Com- 

 munities of the Gulph of Stora. But the Mountains from 

 Tuchujh to Bona ; and the Plains from thence to the Ma-fragg, 

 are cultivated by the Citizens of Bona. The Merdafs, who 



1 ©«Cfet)B6 Splip quafi frondofam dixerls, propter ambientesSylvas. Boch. Chan, l.i c.24. 

 Quales umbr'if eras ubi pandit Tabnci falttis. yuv. Sat. 10. 1. 194. 

 2 GuadilbarLir in montibus oritur, ^gramZJrl/s Civitatis attingentibus, & per colles &montes 

 labens, tandam in Oceanum fefe juxta defertum Tabraca porcum, quindecim circiter a Bege 

 Civitate paiTuum millibus exonerar. J. Leo. p. 287. 



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