120 Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Country 



PRO CO 



. . . ISSIMO 

 BENIGNISSIMO 



CAES 



lANVARIVS 

 LEG. III. AUG. 



Near the Amphi- 

 theatre. 



The inhabi- Wc 2XQ HOt to leavc the Mountains of Aurejs without ob- 

 ^hS-d!'^''"' ferving that the Inhabitants have a quite different Mein and 

 Afpeft from their Neighbours. For Their Completions are 

 fo far from being fwarthy, that They are fair and ruddy ; and 

 Their Hair, which, among the ot\\QX Kahyles, is of a dark Co- 

 lour, is, with Them, of a deep Yellow. Thefe Circumftances, 

 (notwithftanding They are Mahometans, and fpeak the com- 

 mon Language only of the Kahyles) may induce us to take 

 Them, if not for the Tribe ' mentioned by Trocopius, yet at 

 leaft for fome Remnant or other of the Vandals \ who, not- 

 withftanding they were difpoflefled, in His Time, of thefe 

 ftrong Holds ,* and difperfed among the African Families ; 

 might have had feveral Opportunities afterwards of collecting 

 MisuLAMi.Themfelves into Bodies, and reinftating Themfelves. If I am 



B.rf. p.14. E. •/!_ 1 • 



not miftaken, m making this Mountain the antient Audits^ we 

 may then prefume th^MtJulami were the former Inhabitants. 



Beyond the Aura/ians, are the Twaahah : then follow the 

 Bent Sweek, and the Me-lou-nouflje', after whofe feveral 

 "Dajhkras and Encampments, are Thofe of the Bera-neefe, who 

 of all thefe Mountaineers lye neareft to the Sahara. The 

 Mia;dij, I prefume, were formerly poflefled of This Country. 



The River Serkah hath It's Fountains in the Hilly Country 



)tfL^e^^t^ the Southward of Tagzah and Burgh Twill\ and, winding 



Itfelf afterwards through J'lbhel Aurefs^, receiveth the Sootus^ 



the Rivulet of Tezzoute and other Contributions. After which 



Twaabah. 



MliCDIJ. 



jSxc p.i4,E 



Wed cl Ser- 



Aurefs. 



B. Vand. 1.2. c.13, fpeaking of a people a great way within the dcfart (e{»,uof 6^-7rhS^v tAitx«.^ 



yoif vmv iSiv » ^iQiaSrajt <Be$s ^ttfCdfcti ^ a^inv ofxi^wy, % iwfWfJj^.^tM in dKumii Tinp^My nTl ovof/« ef <tt3- 

 nf wt >a>«i4e<<3wi. Proc. Bell. Vand, Jr. c. 22. 



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