1 1 4 Geographical Obfevvations in the Inland Country 



Tubnah, The t At thc famc Diftaiice^ and in a like Diredion from Jibhel 

 E^c'^pHz.D. S/iffiaf/, are the Ruins of the antient 77^/^^/^;/^, as the prefeut 

 ^' ^^' Name Tuhnah feems to infmuate^ and the Pofition of It, with 

 Refpe£l to Igilgili, doth farther confirm. It is iituated in a fine 

 Plain betwixt the Rivers Bareekah, and Boo-?na-zoofe ; but the 

 few Walls, Pillars and other Ruins that have efcaped the Fury 

 of the^r<3;^j, are fo much covered with Sand and Rubbifh, that It 

 will be difficult to determine the former Extent of It. The Opi- 

 nion of the Arabs, that great Quantities of Money lye buried in 

 Thefe Ruins, might give Occafion to the following Rhapfody '. 



The Treafure of Tubnah lyeth under the Shade of what is 

 JJmded. Dig for It ? Alas ! // is not there. 



Kot acityof Tuhnah, I prefume, cannot be rightly placed hy Ahulfeda^ 

 among the Cities of Zaah, from which It is divided by a great 

 Diverfity of Valleys and Mountains. 



Em-doii- Seven Leagues to the S. S. W. of Tuhnah and fix to the S. E. 

 oi Meffeelah, is E^/^^/^w^-^/j/?/, a little Village furrounded with 

 Mountains. Here we meet with the firft Plantation of Date 

 Trees, though the Fruit doth not ripen to that Delicacy and 

 Sweetnefs as in the Province of Zaah, 



The shott. The [ ^-- ] Shott is a large Valley, running, with few Inter- 

 ruptions, betwixt two Chains of Mountains, from the Neigh- 

 bourhood oiEm-dou-hhal, to the Weft ward of the Meridian of 

 Mef-feelah. The Word commonly fignifieth The Sea Shore, or 

 The Banks of fome Lake or River: but the meaning here is 

 fomewhat varied, denoting The Borders or Area rather of fuch 

 a Plain, as, according to the Seafons of the Year, is either co- 

 vered with Salt, or overflowed with Water. Several Parts of 

 the Shott, confift of a light oozy Soil, which, after fuddain 

 Rains or the overflowing of the adjacent Rivers, are changed into 

 fo many Quickfands, and occafion no fmall Danger and Difficulty 

 to the unwary Traveller. La Croix ' hath been badly informed 

 in aflerting that all the Rivers of This Kingdom run from South 

 to North ; fince, befides feveral others in a quite contrary Di- 

 reftion, we have no fewer than Five, and Thofe very confide- 



I Mel Tubna taat thul athloulah. i\.Xy^^\ J^^i (Jis-* / y.^^ ^Jl/« 



Afer ? IVeis I la takoun toitmah. ^^.L (v/t^ ^ U*».^^ j.ia».1 



2 A Tubu Civitate Al Zah ad Bouje'uih fcx Stationes. Ahulf. ut fupia. 3 On doit vemarquer 

 que toutes les Rivieres du Royaume d' Alger coulent dii fud an Nord. DeLa Cre'ix Metode 

 pour aprender la Geogr. Tom. j. p. 283-3. 



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