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noted Sanduary, where the Zwoninah live in Matt amor es: 

 and betwixt It and Muftewah , a rugged Mountain of the 

 Welled ^hde-nore, we have the Hills of Tenoii-teite, El-mai- 

 Jhai-rah 2i\\^ Tamagzah, with The \_Ain el Kihftj] Sheep Foun-^'^^^^'^'^^^^- 

 taw, and the Shihkah el Bazar a little to the Northward ofsh'^k^h ei 

 It. All the adjacent Rivulets, having Their Influx into the 

 Shibkah, occafion continual Inundations, and render a confide- 

 rable Portion of thefe rich fpacious Plains both ufelefs and un- 

 healthy. This Country, with That of the Ammer, the Raigahy ^''.''i^l^'^. 

 and Their neighbouring Communities, feems to have been for-"' ^* 

 merly pofTefled by the Cosdamufij ; as the T>ucie may fall in with '^^'''*- ^''''• 

 the prefcnt Encampments of the Welled Eifah, the Ziganeah^ 

 and thofe other Tribes who drink of the Rummel and Boo- 

 marzooke. 



A few Leagues to the Eaftward of the Hadjar el Hafn-mar, wdiedEnah 

 are the Douwars of the Welled Etfah , who frequently 

 incorporate with the El-Elmah and the Welled Ahde-nore. 

 However Their chief Abodes are, in the Neighbourhood of 

 Jibhel Agree fey UTponthQBanl.s of the Wed el Hammam-, which, J''^'^^-^ ^- 

 being a Branch of the Rummel, hath been already defcribed. 

 At the Foot of J'lbhel Agree fe, are the Baths that give Name 

 to the River; where we have likewife the Ruins of a fmall 

 City. 



The Welled Araimah live in the Neighbourhood of Jibhelwc\\cdkx&\- 

 Filtaan, towards the S. E. oi XheWelled Eifah : and, near the "Sbei fii- 

 Fountains of the Sigan, to the W. S. W. of the Former Tribe, '"'"• 

 but to the Southward of the Latter, are the numerous Encamp- 

 ments of t\\Q Welled Abde-nore, a powerful and fa6bious Tribe, wdied Ab- 

 who, belides a largeExtent of plain and arable Ground, are poflefP '^""'^• 

 ed likewife of Af//y?e'w^^ and other impenetrable Mountains to the 

 Southward. We havefeveral Ruins inThisDiftrid:, but Thofe 

 that are the moft worthy of our Notice, are of Taggah and 

 Zainah, fituated, at half a Leagues Diftance from each other, Taggah, 

 in a fruitful and champain Country, below J'lbbel Miiflewah. ^'''"*''' 

 Taggah and Zainah are rarely mentioned feparately, but, 

 from Their Contiguity, are called joyntly Tagou-zainah by the or Tagoa- 

 Arabs. A little Brook runs betwixt Them ; and at the Latter, ^^'"^ ' 

 we have the Remains of a Triumphal Arch, fupported by two 

 large Corinthian Pillars. The Prize is charged with the fol- 



E e . lowing 



