of the Eaflern Trovince. 1 1 7 



kaat , in a S. E. Direction likewife from J'lhhd Toufef and 

 Muftewah, are the next in Order. At the Foot of Thefe Moun- 

 tains, where They border upon Jibhel^irefs, we have Baitnah^ Baitmh. 

 a large Heap of Ruins, exceedingly well watered, and lying at 

 the half Way nearly betwixt Confiantina and BiJ'cara. 



J'thhel Aurejs {or Evrefs as the Turks pronounce It) the iWo;'/5Jii>bei Aurefs, 

 j4urafm$ of the Middle Ace, -Andi \\\q Mons yiiidus , I prefume,AuRAsrus, 

 oiTtolemy, fucceeds the Mountains or tho. Htrkaat , and lyeth^^p-n-o- 

 to the Southward of Confiantina. It is not one fingle Moun- 

 tain, as the Name would infinuate, and as Trocopius ' feems to 

 defcribe It, but a large Knot of Eminences, running one into 

 another, with feveral little Plains and Valleys intervening. 

 However both the higher and lower Parts of It, are moft of 

 Them of the utmoft Fertility, and ftill continue to be the Gar- 

 den of the Kingdom. The Whole may be a hundred and twen- 

 ty Miles in Circuit, or three long Days Journey according to 

 Trocopius : and the northern Part alone, which is vifited every 

 Year by a flying Camp of the c^/gerines, is pofTelled by fuch a Tve cu^^s of 

 Number of Clans ', that It requires forty of Their Stations to 

 bring Them All under Contribution. The Turks rarely pafs to- 

 wards the Ain Ou he'ide, an intermitting Fountain to the S. E. Ain ou- 

 flowing only, as I am informed, on Fridays; at which Time, It 

 difchargeth Itfelf, in a plentiful Flux of Water, into the River 

 of Bag-gai. The like Ruggednefs of Thefe Mountains to the 

 Southward, equally difcourageth Them from making any Ad- 

 vantages towards the Near- dee, a fturdy Community, fo well ^ear-dee. 

 fortified by Nature, that one of Their Marah-huts exprefl^d 

 the Danger of attacking Them, by the eating of Fire \ A high 

 pointed impenetrable Rock, the Seat of Their 2)/^/?>^r<3;/j., feems 

 to be the Tetra Gemini ani ^ or the Tumar of Trocopius, anfwer- 

 ing to all the Circumftances, that are recorded of one or other 

 of thofe Places, by that Hiftorian. 



There are a Number of Ruins fpread all over Thefe Moun- L'erba, or 

 tains, the moft remarkable of which, are thofe of Verha or 



I Tti7» ^ TO %[Qf [AuraCus] — lAyiStY 'j k-nilia^ bi^V, av SjMHf "lap-fV iiflifav yi TCim IvTiW^ct ii/aVa iy. 



Sfi iiSyo,/Sf ojt. Procop. Bell. Vand. L. 2. Cap. 13. p. 2.66. 2 Viz.. The Booz.eenah, Lajhajh, 

 Maifah, Boo-aerf, &c. 3 La ShufF Neardy ! Tackul el Nahar. Dont fee (fight with) the 

 Neatdy : in fo doing you will (catch a Tartar) eat Fire. 4 EsJ J'i "nf h hu^aatcfi mita. iimi/Mf 



fjutn •nainav.t&i'tit i(^7a?u^»y 7» ij^upttf ma. y.al ifMyayov, "nf itS ^aeis ^unat atpiai ^w^Aotf/fayBcTX, O'ei/xtuTi!, 

 Procop. Bell. Vand. L.2. Cap. 13. p.28<S. laSJkt if liui Aupanu -i^Cof^v ^uy rtf AtfM sp«Tu iyiCii -^^U 



Id. Cap. 19. 



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