Of the Eajlern Trovince. i o i 



the Parallel o^ Zaah^ anfwers to the Maur it mi ia Siufenfis, or viz. o/ the 

 the Fir/i Mauritmiia \ as It was called in the Middle Age. \^^^]^ 

 The Mountainous Country betwixt the Meridians of the The General 

 Zboore and Seibouje , is of no great Extent, rarely fpreadingNumfdu''"^ 

 Itfelf above fix Leagues within the Continent ; the Inhabitants 

 whereof, near Tuckufj and Bona, are Tributaries to the ^l- 

 gerines : but in the Gulph of Stora, near Tort Gavetto, Sgigata^ 

 and Cnll, They bid Them Defiance. From the Sei-boufe to the 

 Zaine, except in the Neighbourhood of Ta-harha where It be- 

 gins again to be Mountainous, the Country is, for the moll Part, 

 upon a level, though with fome Interruptions from Hills and 

 Forrefts. The like Interruptions we meet with below TuchuJIj 

 along the Encampments of the Harei/Jjah, Grarahj and other 

 Bedoweens, as far as Conflantina. Beyond This Parallel, we 

 have a Range of Mountains, the Thamhes, as I take Them toTHAMnfs 

 be o^Ttolemy, extending Themfelves as far as Ta-harha\ be- p!":"'.' £''' 

 hind which, there is again Pafture and Arable Ground, endins 

 at Length upon the Sahara, as the Mauritania Sitif en/is did 

 before, in a Ridge of Mountains ; the Mampfarus probably ofMAMPSAR- 

 the Antients. Part of the Africa Tropria of Mela and Ttolemj, ^Lf jT'c 

 the Numidia Majfyloruni, the Metagonitis Terra"^, &c. was 

 comprehended formerly in This Part of the Province \ 



The Sebowe, a plain fruitful Diflri6lfurrounded with Moun- t;^^ sebowc, 

 tains, lyethfive Leagues to the S.E. of Delljs. Here the''" '""' ''^' 

 Turks have a Burgh and Zmaalah to hinder the Incurlions of 

 the Zwowah. The antient Muconi probably had Their chief ra^ Muco- 

 Habitations in This fine Country. p.'li.^!'' 



The Zwowah, the richeft and the moll numerous A^^^/^j- r/^^Zwowah. 

 of This Province, pofTefs a large and impenetrable Tra<a: of 

 Mountains to the Eaftward of the Sehowe. They have feveral 

 Dajhhras, among which is The [^Jimmah at Saritch~\ Church ]}rnm^h at 

 of the Ciftern, famous for the Sepulchre oi Seedy Hamet hen^^'^'"^^' 

 Dreefe : where likewife There is a College, and Maintenance 

 for five hundred Thalehs. But Kou-kou, where Their [^A.*i]Kou-ko.i. 

 Shehh or Sultan as They call Him, refides, is Their Principal 

 Village. Boori-nen, a high pointed Mountain, lyeth a fewBoori-nea. 

 Leagues to the S. S. W. oi Koukou. Some Years ago the Turks 



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