1^4 Geographical Ohjervations in the Inland Country 



Bey of Confiantina. The chief Strength lyeth in fix fniall 

 Pieces of Ordinance, with a few unwieldy Muskets, mounted 

 hkewife upon Carriages. 



Lyxna. Ly^etia is the richeft of thefe Villages : for here the inclepen- 



dent Arahs lodge their Money, and valuable Effeds. It is 



Welled under the Prote6:ion of Welled Soulah, a numerous Clan, to 

 whofe Bravery It is indebted for fo uninterrupted an Enjoy- 

 ment of Liberty, and that the Attempts hitherto made upon It 

 by the Turks, have proved unfuccefsful. 



Seedy Occu- Tlic Village oi Seedy Occuha, or Occha as thty^rabs contrad:It, 

 is not only famous for the Tomb of the Arabian General of 



Seedy Lafcar that Nanic, but fot auothet likewife of Seedy Lafcar, the tute- 

 lar Saint of the Place. It is a common Report, that the 

 Tower annexed to the Sanctuary of Seedy Occha, will very fen- 

 libly tremble upon calling out, TIZZA Ml Ras Seedy Occha ; 

 Shake for the Head of Seedy Occuha ? An Effe6l, fomething 

 like this, is produced in a Tower at Reimes by ringing one of 

 the Bells ; the conftituent Parts of the Fabrick being perhaps 

 fo particularly and harmonioufly put together, as to a6l in 

 Concert, and at Unifons with fuch Sounds. 



The Traces rf ^lie Romaus may be traced out all over This Province by 



the Roman fome Picccs of Walls, which have here and there efcaped the 



Architecture. ■" r- c 



Fury of the Arahs : and at Ban-teufe , one of the fouthern 



Villages, there were lately dug up feveral Coffins of Stone. It 



is very much to the Honour of the Romans, to find how careful 



They have been, where any of thefe Rivulets ran through a 



loofe and oozy Soil, to fupport their Banks with Walls of hewn 



Stone, and to pave their Beds with Pebbles. 



The People of The catiug the Flefh of Dogs, from whence thQ Canarij 



?rij!'^ ^''"' received their Name ', and for which the Carthaginians were 



formerly remarkable ', continueth in Practice to this Day a- 



mong the Inhabitants of this Diftridt. 



TheDijiriaof Wad-reag is auothcr Collcftion of Villages, of the fame 



^/;;f f^?,.Rank and Quality with thofe of Zaah. They are reckoned to 



/ages. ijg twenty five in Number, ranged in a N. E. and S. W. Direction. 



Ma-jyre, the neareft of thefe Villages to Zaah, is ten Leagues 



to the Southward of £"/ Fythe ; Tum-marnah, the next Place 



of Note, is fix Leagues to the Weftward of Ma-jyre ; and 



I Exc. p. 21. B. 2 Lcgati a Dcirio, Perfarum Rcgc, Cartbaguiem venerunt, afFerentes 

 ■ edidum, quo Pccni humanas hoftias iramolaie, & cminA vefii prohibebantur. Juji. Hilt. 

 L. 19. Cap. I. 



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