100 Geographical Obfervations in the Inland Country 



have continued to live in This Situation from the Time of 

 J. Leo \ are the Bedoweens of the champain Country betwixt 

 the Ma-fragg and the Forrefts on this Side the Baftion : beyond 

 which, are the Mazoulah, who have an unwholfome Diftri^t, 

 full of Ponds and Marflies, quite along to the Nadies. Thefe, 

 a mifchievous plundering Tribe, like moft others who dwell upon 

 the Frontiers, are fome Part of Them Tributaries to the Tu- 

 nifeenSy fpreading Themfelves from the IVed el Erg, to the 

 Mountains of Ta-barka. 



C H A P. YIII. 



Of the mofl remarkable Places and Inhabitants in the Inland 

 Country of the Eajlern Province \ together with the cor- 

 respondent Part of the Sahara. 



Defcrfp7onif'T^ii^ whole Trad of This Province which lieth between 

 ilruifTh's ■■- ^^^ Meridians of the Boo-berak and the Zhoore, from the 

 Frovime. gg^ Qoz.^ to thc Parallels of Seteef and Confiantina, is little 

 elfe befides a continued Chain of exceeding high Mountains. 

 Very few of the Inhabitants to the Weft ward of the fVed el 

 u4jebby pay any Tribute to the Viceroy ; Their rugged and im- 

 prafticable Situation being too difficult for the whole Strength 

 oi Algiers to penetrate. But among Thofe to the Eaftward, 

 except near the Sea Shore, the Turhs pafs every Summer with 

 a flying Camp, and receive fome Tokens of Homage and Sub- 

 miflion from Their refpe6live Kabyles ; who notwithftanding 

 are all of Them fo obftinate and tenacious of Their Liberty, 

 that They give Nothing , 'till They are compelled to It by 

 Fire and Sword. The Country near the Parallels of Seteef zndi 

 Confiantina, is diverfified with a beautiful Interchange of Hills 

 and Plains, which afterwards grows lefs fit for Tillage, 'till It 

 ends, upon the Sahara, in a long Range of Mountains , the 

 BuzARA Buzara, I prefume, of the Antients. The Diftridt of Zaab 

 ^14! A^'''" lyeth immediately under Thefe Mountains ; and beyond Zaab, 

 is Wadreag, another Colledlion of Villages, at a great Diftance 

 in the Sahara. This Part of the Eaftern Province, including 



I Huic oppido {Bonn.) rpadofiffima qusdam eft planities, cujus longitudo quadraginta, 

 latitude autem viginti quinque continet railliaria : haec frugibus ferendis eft feliciflima, ab 

 Arabibus quibufdam colitur quos Merdex. appellant. J. Leo. p. 211. 



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