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ther is the Inland Country in a much better State and Con- 

 dition. For if we except the Plains which are watered by 

 the 'Defatlah, Derhy and Hat-taah, we have Mountains only 

 and woody Tradls all along from Zimg-gar by Ufe-let, Truzza, 

 Spaitla, Cafareen, and fo forward , in turning to the N. W. 

 by the Sanftuary of Seedy Boogannim, as far as Hydrah, and 

 the Frontiers of the Kingdom of Algiers. The Country round 

 about Katrwan is low and marfhy, with Lakes and Shibkahs 

 difperfed all over It, in the Winter Seafon ; whilft near Gilma, 

 Jemme and fo on to the River Accroude , there is an Inter- 

 change of Hills and Valleys, differing very little in the Quality 

 of Their Soils from That of the Sea Coaft. Beyond the Moun- 

 tains of Cafareeri, 'till we arrive at Ferre-anah and the Skirts 

 of the Sahara , we travel for feveral Miles together over a 

 barren Plain, with a Ridge of Eminences, at fome Diftance, 

 on each Side of us. The Country continueth in the fame lone- 

 fome and barren Situation, from hence to Cap fa, and fo for- 

 ward to xhQjereed\ our Profpedl on each hand being all the 

 Way bounded with high Mountains : whereof the S. E. Ridge 

 ftretcheth towards Jihbel Hadeffa and the Lalie of Marks \ 

 the Other, which may be taken for the Contination of the 

 Mountains of ^//^J, runs in a S.W. Diredion, by Shekkah, as far 

 as the Eye can condudt us. 

 Herkia, The -|- Herkla, the Heracka of the lower Empire, and the y4- 

 Tvu. Exc. drumetum as I conjedture of the Earlier Ages, was built upon 

 A. p-i^E. an hemifpherical Promontory, like Clypea, at the Diftance of 

 ?a!B. p. 2*7 two Leagues to the S. E. oixh^Morajs, the Boundary, as hath 

 Feu't. z! ■ been fuppofed, betwixt the Zeugttana and This Province. It 

 appears to have been little more than a Mile in Circuit : and 

 provided we may be allowed to judge of the former Grandeur 

 by the remaining Ruins, we fhould be induced to take It rather 

 for a Place of Importance than Extent. That Part of This 

 Promontory, which ftretched to the Northward and formed 

 the Port, feems to have been walled in to the very Brink of 

 the Sea: the reft, for the Space of a Furlong s Diftance from the 

 Shore, doth not difcover the leaft Traces of Ruins. Co: far then 

 might have all the Conveniency, he could wifli for, to obferve 

 the Strength and Situation of This City " ; efpecially as the In- 

 habitants declined all manner of Hoftilities at that Time. 



I C&^ai circum oppidum veftus, natura loci perfpeda, redit ad Caftra- Hht. de Bell. 

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