1 1 6 Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Country 



Lakh-dar. the LaMj-ddv. The Latter are a Clan of Kahyles as inhofpi- 

 table as Their Mountains are rugged ; fpreading Themfelves 

 from the Booma-zoofe, through CqJJoure and Me-der-ree, as far 



Welled as the weftern Borders of Jihhel Aurejs. The Welled Zei-an 

 are the Neighbours of the Lakh-dar to the Southward : in 

 which Situation we have the Village of Lwo-taiah, with a 



Hyie Ben Bf^nch of the y4hyle or Hyle ' [J^^ J*^ JW=] Ben Aly , the 

 principal Arahs of This Province ; who, befides Their exten- 

 five Poireflions in This mountainous Diftrift, fpread likewife 

 Their Encampments to a gre^t Diftance in the Sahara. The 



Kam'/ah. \JVed cl \jM*'\ Kanfrah} River of the Bridge is known to moft 

 of Thefe Arabs and Kakyles\ for rifmg below the Welled 

 Fathmah, and winding Itfelf througl ; the Country of the Lakh- 

 dar, (where we have the Bridge that givethName to the River) 

 It is continued through the Diftri£t of the W^elled Zelan and 

 Lwo taiahy watering afterwards the Gardens of Bijcara , a 

 noted Village of the Sahara. 



j.bbeiYoufef. Thc Chain of Mount Atlas, that we left among the Welled 

 Aly Ben Sa-houre, is continued by Jihhel Toufef, a fruitful 

 Mountain, five Leagues to the S. by E. of Seteef. Upon the 

 Declivity of It, near the eaftern Encampments of the Raigah, 



Gije-ei. ^^ h?iYQ the little Village Gije-el, that was formerly a City of 

 the Romans. Jihhel Toufef is joyned by the Mountains of 

 Welled Sel-lem, where there are other Ruins, called Zeryiah by 



Jbher'^Muf- the Arahs. The high and rugged Mountains of Muftewah 



tewah. foUowThofeof the ^e'//e'<^«S6'/-/e'w, inclining likewife, as They 

 do, towards the S. E. I have already obferved that They be- 



weiied Ab-long to tlic Welkd Ahde-nore, a. powerful Tribe, who live in 



de-nore. ^j^g champain Country in Tents and on the Mountains, (whither 

 Their Qu^arrels frequently oblige Them to retire) in mud-walled 



Aly Ben Gy- Hovcls, like thc KahyUs. Aly Ben Gy-dotme, the Shekh of 



shckh. ^'^"'This Community, hath often baffled, by His extraordinary Va- 

 lour and Condud, the whole Force oi Algiers, 'till They have^ 

 as ufual, invited thQHirkaat , Zi^^;/e'«^ and fome other neigh- 



Welled Sel- 

 lem. 



S>idah. bouring Arahs to Their Affiftance. The [Hadjar Soudah'] 



Hirkaat, 



^^"^'^ Black Rock, and the mountainous Diftrift of the Welled Hir- 



I This Appellation, which, as far as I am informed, is peculiar to Tins Tribe, is rendred by 

 Golius, Populus, AfTecl^, Affines, familia, domeftici, liberi & pofteri : and is therefore 

 another word only for Welled or Beni (Vid. Not. p. 17.) which have fo often occurred. Chaijl 

 [Vn] which feems to be the fame, is tranjlated iu the H. Scriptures, (iSam. 10. 26.) a Band of 

 Men, (Pf. -33. 16.) an Army, (Pf. ijtf. ly.) an Hoft. 



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