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Additions It changeth It's Name, from the Colour of the Water, 

 into that of The {Wed {^^"^ y^beadh] White River ; and leave- 

 ing the Twaahah, a few Leagues to the W. falls to the Eaft-Twaabah. 

 ward of the Bera-neefe, into the Province of Zaah. This River, 

 as the general Courfe of It ly eth in the fame Meridian with Con- 

 ftantina, might have been made a proper Boundary betwixt 

 the Mmiritanta Sitifenfis and Numidia. 



We are now to defcribe the Inland Parts and Inhabitants of 7^^, C(»,„;. 

 the Eaftern Divifion of This Province, formerly poflefTed bv^^'' Cirte- 

 the Cirte/ij, who, I conje6lure, might have been bounded by^+^p-^^ 

 the Meridians of the Gredt River and Sg-is-ata' by the Naha- , 

 thr^, whofucceeded Them, as far perhaps as the Meridian of ^hr^, E^rr. 

 Tnchf/b: And by the lontij, who were the Mailers of the fol-ioNxij e^^. 

 lowing Part of Numidia, as far as Ta-harka. '^"'^' 



Above the Beni Be-leet therefore are the Bern Wel-hanne^ a „ ,xr , 

 conliderable Clan, who live near the half Way betwixt Cf?//-''^™^- 

 jlantina and Skigata. The rugged Mountain of Sgowe be-jibbeiS'^owe. 

 longs to Thefe Kahyles\ and upon the Declivity of It to the 

 Weft ward , are the Ruins of an old City , called at prefent 

 Ma- far ah. The Grarah and the Hamzah, the next Inhabi- Ma-farah. 

 tants to the Eaftvvard, are poflefTed of what feems to have been 

 the N. E. Frontiers of the antient Cirtefij : being fucceeded, 

 in a lefs mountainous Country, by the Hareipjah andF^^-^ .„ , 



J ^ J J Hareiliiah. 



arah. Betwixt the large Pond of the Latter and Bona, isf^-araii. 

 thtGun-nara, a Heap of Ruins, themoft remarkable of which gu„.,^^j^ 

 are thofe of an old Caftle. 



The Welled Boo-zeefe have Their T>ouwars, nearer the 5^i-wciiedBoo- 

 hoitfe, to the Southward of the Harei/hah. Their Diftrift is^'^'^- 

 more woody and mountainous than the former ; unlefs when 

 They encamp in the Boo-hammam, near the Banks of the Sei- 

 houfe. Afi-coure, afmall Heap of Ruins, isfituated upon the Am-coure. 

 eaftern Skirts of the Boo-hammam, near the y^in My If ah : and 

 a little below Them there are other Ruins, and a Number of 

 lukewarm Springs, bubbling up within a large fquare Bafon of 

 i^om^;^ Workmanftiip. Thefe, which are called from Their 

 Warmth and Quality Hammam or Hammah, feem to be t}iQTheAqv& 

 yiquce Calida, or Tihilitance ; as the Ruins Themfelves may be tibilita-'^ 

 the Tihilis of the Antients ; lying about ten Leagues to theTrffi'iris/^ 

 S. W. of Hippo Regius, and fixteen to the E. of Cirta ; in fuch p.a^.F.VV- 

 a Pofition nearly^ as It is placed in by the Author of the Itinerary, l." ^"^^ ^'"'' 



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