112 Geographical Oh jervations in the Inland Coim try 



TheAiouvtains Xlic SotiMllah IS contiiiued by the ^nwaalL Ge?ieefah^ Mon- 



of the Beni • r- 71 



Boo-Taieb. kav aiid Other Mountains of the Beni Boo-Takh, who are 



powerful and fa6lious A'^/^/e^ , Hving, beyond the Rmgah 



feven Leagues to the S. S. W. of Seteef. This Diftrict might 



S£/"^''"^ be the moft valuable in the Kingdom, provided the rich Lead 



Mines belonging to It, were managed to the belt Advantage • 



hut tho. Bent Boo-Taleb J are either fo jealous or ignorant, that 



^ They will not permit any greater Quantity to be dug up at one 



Time, than will be fufficient for Their own Ammunition, and 



for the Difcharge of Their Tribute. Upon the lower Skirts of 



Thefe Mountains , near the Plains of CfiJ/ir ^ttjre, are the 



Welled Seelah and the Welled Mahomet Ben Selyman. Thefe 



Am Rum- ^mhs dtiuk of The \_^in Rummef] Sandy Fountain, a large 



Flux of Water which difchargeth Itfelf into the Boo-fellam. 

 felled Aiy The Mountaitts of the Welled Aly Ben Sa-honre joyn Thofe 

 boure. of the Bem Boo-Taleb, and are in the fame Meridian with 

 jig-bah. Seteef. Jig-hah, a Heap of Ruins, is fituated at the Bottom 

 of Them to the Eaftward ; but we are at a lofs both for the an- 

 tient Name of Thefe Ruins and of Thofe before mentioned at 

 Smeejhah. 

 Ras el The [^Ras el yiioune'] Head of the Fountains, is two Leagues 



Aiouiie. to tj^e Southward of Jig-hah and eight from Seteef It is the 

 /j/wro/Nic- principal Fountain of the River Nic-howfe, called afterwards 

 B^elkzh. Wed el Bareekah , from the Name of the Diftridt through 

 which It palTeth. This River bends If s Courfe, in the Diredi- 

 on of the Soubillah and Kafaah, towards the S. S. W. and be- 

 ing made ufe of by the Inhabitants to meliorate Their Soil, the 

 Remainder of It is drunk up by the Shott. 

 El Huthnah. Bctwixt the Rivcrs Bareekah and Kafaah, to the Southward 

 ofthe Mountains juft now defcribed, we have the fruitful and 

 extenfive Plains of El Huthnah , cultivated by the Welled 

 Draa/e. Draaje, one ofthe chief Tribes of This Province. This Coun- 

 try, as It bordereth upon the Sahara, and as the Name ^ may 

 likewife infinuate, is of a more dry andfandy Nature, than what 

 generally lyeth to the Northward ; however by watering It 

 frequently with the Souhillah and Kafaah, diverted from Their 

 proper Channels into a Number of Drains for that Purpofe, the 

 Crops, which It produceth, are for the moft Part rich and copious. 



* Viz. ab t;/U^A i. q. »;ioi. ijaj (vel quod) tmltum forl/et, Vid. Gel. in voce. 



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