122 Geographical Ohjefvatims tn the Inland Country 



Welled Ma- In the fame Parallel with the JVelled Boo-zeefe^ but to the 

 Eaftward of the Sei-houfe, are the IVelled Ma-Joude, who live 

 Shebnah. ovcr agaittft the AnehVians, and the Merdafs ; as the Shebnah, 

 who fucceed Them, are to the Southward of the Ma-zoulah. 

 Both thefe Tribes poiTefs a large and fruitful Country, although 

 Welled Aiy. ji- |jg fomewhat mountainous. Welled Aly live above the 

 Beni saiah. Shebnah \ and the Bern Salah above the Welled Ma- foude ; both 

 of Them powerful Clans, and Inhabitants of the mountainous 

 Diftri6l that borders upon the Hameefe^ the weftermoft Branch 

 of the River Mejerda. 

 TheDifinaaf To the N. W. of the Beni Salah, below Jibbel Saadah, we 

 have the Diftri6l of Mownah, a level and fruitful Spot of 

 Ground, lying along the fouthern Banks of the Sei-boufe. The 

 Boo-hammam and the Am Mylfah lye over againft It. Alafl?- 

 Aiaflioure. ^^^^^ ^ Town of Roman Extradlion, is fituated, upon the 

 eaftern Borders of It, below the Beni Salah\ and four Leagues 

 Geima, rAe farther, in View oithQ AquteTibilit an ^^ i^Gelma, or Kalmah 

 Exip^ls.* as the Turhs pronounce It, a large Heap of Ruins with feveral 

 ^* ^^* Rows of Pillars and other Fragments of Antiquities ftill re- 

 maining, which the Hoftilities apprehended from the Beni 

 Salah, would not give me leave to examine, t Gelma is un- 

 doubtedly the Calama fo much wanted * in the Old Geography, 

 lying betwixt Hippo and Conftantina, but nearer the Former, 

 as St. Aujlin ' hath placed It. 

 jibbeiArtyah To the Northward of the Boo-hammam, are the Mountains 

 L -aiihah oi Artyah^LYidithe Arabs Ly-ai/hah, who, reaching beyond the 

 Wed el Ze-nati to the Southward, encamp fometimes in the 

 Country of the Girfah. In Their Diftricl are The \Hammam 

 MeTkouSen. -^^-^^^^^^^^ ] f^l^f^t OT inchanted Baths , iituated on a low 

 Ground, furrounded with Mountains. There are feveral 

 Fountains that furnilh the Water, which is of an intenfe Heat, 

 and falls afterwards into the Ze-nati. At a fmall Diftance 

 from thefe Hot Fountains, we have others, which upon Com- 

 parifon are of as intenfe a Coldnefs ; and a little below Them, 

 fomewhat nearer the Banks of the Ze-nati, there are the Ruins 

 of a few Houfes, built perhaps for the Conveniency of fuch 

 Perfons, who came hither for the Benefit of the Waters. 



I Situm certum hujiis Civkatis dcmonftrare non poffumus. Cellar. Geogr. Antiq. 1.4. c.v. 

 p. 1 22. 2 Inter Conjiantinam quippe ubi tu es, & Hipponetn ubi ego fum, Calama ubi ilia 

 [Crifpinus] eft, vicinior quidem nobis, fed taraen interpolita eft. D. Augufl. contra Litteras 

 Petiliant. J. 2. c. 99, 



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