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lity with fome other Parts of It, that have been ah'eady defcribed 

 in the Kingdom oi Algiers : the Villages likewife are built in the 

 fame manner with Mud Walls and Rafters of Palm Trees. 

 Very httle therefore will be required in the Defcription of this 

 Part of the Country, belides an Account of the Lake of Marks', 

 and the Enumeration of the principal Cities and Villages, for- 

 merly the Seats of the C'inethij\ Machlyes^y ^ufe5\ and 

 Maxyes * of the old Geography. 



There are few or no Antiquities (or indeed any thing worthy sbekkah,r/je 

 of our Obfervation,) to be met with at Sbehkah, the CerhicaE=cc.^^.i6.'c. 

 probably of Ttolemy, eighteen Leagues to the S. W. ^W. ofTX^eTicHA- 

 Gafsa \ at Te-gewfe, the Tkhafa, twelve Leagues to the S.W. Ebba, 'rhe 

 hy S. at Ehha, the TJoahha, in the Neighbourhood oiTe-gewfe\ Toze^r^'r/t/ 

 at Tozer, the Tifurus, four Leagues to the S. W. of Te-gen/fe\ p-iy^A/' 

 at Nefta, the Negeta, five Leagues to the S. W. of Tozer. The nIgeta/ 

 likeRemark(in croffing th^Lake of Marks into theDiftridl o^Nif- reieme'en, 

 zowah) maybe made at Te'/ewe^e';/, XhQ Alm-cena, ten Leagues L'. d.''"^ 

 to the E. S.E. of Te-gewfe\ at Ehillee, the Vepllium, X^so^^lllli^^' 

 Leagues to the S.E. of Telemeen ; and at the many otherVillages ""'" ^* 

 of the Jereed. Though by feveral Pieces of Granate and other 

 Marble ; by a Word or two likewife, that we fometimes meet 

 with, of an antient Infcription, the Romans may be traced out 

 through moft of thefe Cities and Villages. 



The Trade and Intereft of Them all lyeth altogether in Dates^ Thew Trade. 

 which They exchange for Wheat, Barley, Linnen Cloth, and . i 



other Commodities, brought to Them from all Parts of This 

 and the neighbouring Kingdoms. At Tozer particularly, (whofe 

 Dates are the moft efteemed, and which is become thereby the 

 principal Mart;) there is a great TrafRck carried on by feveral 

 Merchants,, who travel once a Year into the Country of the 

 Ethiopians, and bring with Them from thence, a Number of 

 Blacks, whom They ufually exchange for Dates, at the Rate of 

 one Black for two or three Quintals. 



Tht Shihkah El LoW'deah, or Lake of Marks, divideth the The shibkah 

 Villages in the Neighbourhood of Tozer from Telemeen, Fat- or Se"f' 

 najja and others of the Province of Nif-zoiuah ^ It is fo called 

 from a Number of Trunks of Palm-Trees, that are placed j%/*«//^i/. 



1 Ex-f. p.14. E. 2 Exc. p. 2. C. 3 Wd. D. 4 Exc. p.3. A. j M/^j-wo/ deriveth 

 this Name from the ancient Nafamones. " Biludulger'td c 'eft Teftat de Canhaginois qui Ton 

 " appellc Nttz.amomens dont une de Places garde encore le Nom Nafz.o'Wah. Cap. yj. 



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