1 ^ 2 Geographical Obfervations in the Inland Country 



There is a large fubterraneous Quarry in the adjacent Moun- 

 tains ; the fame Place perhaps that Leo ' was informed had 

 been formerly inhabited by Giants. 

 The River Thc Mc'lagge paffeth by Tip fay and joyning afterwards the 

 Me-iaggc. ]^iii^ji^^ (j^s thc Mys¥i-anah is called below Uk-kujs) commu- 

 nicateth It's own Name to This River ; which, by drinking up 

 the yiin el Haloofe, Shehrou, and other plentiful Fountains in 

 This Neighbourhood^ becomes equal to the Boo-mar-zooke or 

 Rummel. 

 Keefah. Keefah is at a little Diftance from Tip fa to the Eaftward : 



and then, four Leagues farther to the Southward, is Bi-cari-ah, 

 built upon the Ruins of an antient City. In the fame Condi- 

 tion , and at the like Diftance towards the S. W. is Lerneh ; 

 after which, we have the Continuation of that Part of Mount 

 tahsofkxvii. ^tlas, which hangeth over the Sahara. 



The sahaja. That Part of the Sahara, which correfponds to This Province, 



hath , befides the diftant City of Wurglah , and the Village 



En-gotifah, the two conliderable Diftridls oiZaah and Wadreag^ 



Each of Them containeth a Number of Villages ; though, as 



It hath been already obferved, they are not all under the Jurif- 



didlion of the Algerines. For Wadreag and the City of Wurg- 



lah, pay only an annual Tribute of forty black Slaves ; whilft 



„ the weftern Communities of Zaah, viz. 'Dojifan, Welled Jillel, 



and Seedji Khallett ; and the eaftern, viz. Ljf^na, Zeryhe, and 



Babafs, give not the leaft Tokens of Homage or Submiflion. 



All Thefe Villages are built, in the fame Manner, with Mud 



Walls and Rafters of Palm Trees ; whilft the Inhabitants are 



all of Them alike occupied in cultivating the Date Tree. 



Few of Them therefore require a particular Defcription. 



TheDijiriaof Thc Diftrld o^ Zaah, the Zehe of the Antients, a Part for- 



Ze^be'. Excvn^yily oi tht Mauritania Sitifenjis ?indL o^Gtetulia, is a narrow 



p.z8. p. 33. 'j'j.^^j. of Land, lying immediately under the Mountains of 



Atlas. It reacheth from the Meridian of Meffeelah to that 



of Conftantina , and conlifts of a double Row of Villages , 



Doufan. whcrcof Doufau is the fartheft to the Weftward. The Rivers 



Ganne and Jer-roufe run a little to the Eaftward of this Village, 



and empty Themfelves afterwards into the WedAdje-de: upon 



the Banks of which River, three Leagues to the Southward, 



I Eft hulc oppido (Ttbejftt) mons quidam vicinus, antris profiindiffimis refcrtus, in quibus 

 gigantes aliquando inhabitafle pucantur. J. Leo. p. 212. 



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