i^o Geographical Obfervations in the Inland Country , 



built ill the Neighbourhood ; but which are found to be ^o mile- 

 rably defaced, that a Heap of Rubbifli, without either Name 

 or Infcription, is what generally remains of Them at prefent. 

 In this Condition, to mention no more, are the Ruins o^Daha- 

 Daha-mam. mam, fixteen Leagues to the S, E. of Conflantma, in the Way 

 Ama-mah. to T'tpja \ at Ama-mah three Leagues farther to the South- 

 Greefah. ward *, and at Greefah lix Leagues to the E. by N. oi Ama-mah. 

 Tiffeni, ne t Tiffe/Jj, the Thence ft e of the Antients, is, I prefume, the 

 ISfji'^x. only City of This Diftrid which hath preferved If s old Name, 

 ^^'b.^I's J" though, at the fame Time, It could not fecure If s Walls from 

 the Devaftations of the Arabs. It hath been fituated, like 

 the reft, in a fine Plain, with a little Rivulet running by It, 

 and may be computed to lye fix Leagues to the S. S. E. of 

 Gelmah^ eight to the N. E. oiVaha-mam, and about nine- 

 teen to the E. S. E. of Conflantma. 

 Eigattar. Upon the eaftern Confines of the Hen-neiflMh. eight Leagues 



from Tiffejlj, is Eigattar ; and three Leagues farther, towards 

 Taje-eit. the N. E- is Taje-elt , another old City, not long ago famous 

 wdied Eafs. for It's Hch Plantations of Fruit Trees. The Welled Eafs and 

 weeian. Weelan, cultivate moft of the plain Country round about Thefe 

 woorgah. Places ; and after Them, are the Woorgahy whofe T)ouwars ex. 

 CaiTir jebbirtend as far -SisCaJ/irJehhtr, a little Village, eight Leagues from 

 rI^evc'!'))!' Eigattar to the Eaftward. Here we have fome Fragments of 

 a6.Ep.27.A. ^j^ Aquedu£l, with other Footfteps of an antient City ; which, 

 together with the Fountains hard by It and the great Scarcity 

 of good Water in the adjacent Parts , fhould induce us to be- 

 lieve It to be the antient Naragara, or Nadagar a' , near 

 which Sc'tpio is faid to have encamped for the Benefit of the 

 Water. 

 we^j ej The River Serratt^ the Midland Boundary of This Kingdom, 

 is ten Miles farther to the E. The Water of It is of a brackilh Qua- 

 lity, and falls into the Me-jerdah. Near the weftern Banks of 

 It, five Leagues to the E. S. E. of Eigattar, is Callah, Gellah, 

 or Gellah at Snaan, a confiderable Village, built upon an high 

 pointed Mountain, with only one narrow Road leading up to 

 It. This Place, which is only to be conquered by Hunger or 



I Avi^Jj^i. luo ^^•^m3««- isTgj* wbA/h Miif>s(pov [five Nadagaratn Liv.J )fg.nq>a.-n7i{Siv(n, <b&s 



■n TO, aHm jimv 'tiifu» xg.-mha.Q.'oy^Qi'-, f^ liui iJ^tidt iyjif (SeAKf mi>iim[^of. Polyb. Hift. l.iy. Par.1609. 

 p. 694. Scipio baud procul Nuiagax ci. Urbe, turn ad csetera loco opportune, rum quod 

 aquatio intra teli conjeftum erat, confedic. Annibal tumulum a quatuor millibus inde, 

 tutum commodumque alioqui, nifi quod longinquae aquationis erat, cepit. Lir. L. xxx. 5. ip. 



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Serrate. 



Geilah. 



