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extraordinary Strength and Compadlnefs are required) are^ to all 

 Tryal and Appearance, of the fame Confiftence and Compofi- 

 tion with Thofe of the Antients'. Thofe Cifterns which 

 were built, by Sultan hen Eglih, in feveral Parts of the King- 

 dom of Tunis, are of equal Solidity with the famous ones at 

 Carthage , continuing to this Day (unlefs where they have 

 been defignedly broken,) as firm and compact, as if they were 

 iuft finiflied. The Compofition is made in this Manner. They 

 take two Parts of Wood Aflies, three of Lime, and one of 

 fine Sand, which, after being well fifted and mixed together, 

 they beat, for three Days and Nights incefTantly, with wooden 

 Mallets, fprinkling them alternately and at proper Times, 

 with a little Oyl and Water, 'till they become of a due Con- 

 fiftence. This Compofition is chiefly ufed in their Arches, 

 Cifterns, and Terraces. But the Pipes of their Aqu£edu6ls 

 are joyned, by beating Tow and Lime together with Oyl only, 

 without any Mixture of Water. Both thefe Compofitions 

 quickly afllime the Hardnefs of Stone, and fuffer no Water to 

 pervade them. 



Inftead of common Glue, the Joyners frequently ufe a Pre- 

 paration of Cheefe, which is firft to be pounded, with a little 

 Water, in a Mortar , 'till the wheyie Matter is w^aflied out. 

 When this is done, they pound it again with a fmall Quantity 

 of fine Lime, and apply it afterwards as quick as poflible to 

 fuch Boards as are to be joyned together, which, after the Cement 

 becomes dry, will not be feparated, I am told, even by Water itfelf. 

 The Habita- Having thus defcribed the feveral Buildings peculiar to the 

 Cities of this Country, let us pafs on to take a View of the Ha- 

 bitations of the Kahyles and Bedoweens : Thefe, for the moft 

 Part, the Inhabitants of the Plains, the Others of the Moun- 

 tains. Now the Bedoweens live in Tents, called Hhymas ^ 

 [r^^^] from the Shade they afford the Inhabitants, and {Beet 

 el SharJ^ J^ c^^'] Houfes of Hair, from the Matter they are 

 made of. They are the fame, with what the Antients called 

 Mapalia ^, which being then, as they are to this Day, fecured 



I Sc. ex fabulone, & calce & favilla. Fitriiv. Arch. I. 7. cap. 4. Plin. 1. 35. cap. ay. 

 2 Sc. a p\.2^ operuit locum umbrae captanda: ergo &c. Vid. Gol. in voce. 



3 Qualia Maurus amat difperfaM^w/j^ Paftor. Sil. Ital. Lib. 17. Car. po. 

 Et folitusvacuis erraxeMapalibtis Afer 



Venator. Lucan. i. 4. (J84. 



Familis aliquot (Numidarum) cum Mapalibus pccoribufque fuis (ca pccunia illis eft) perfc- 

 cuti func regem. Liv. 1. 29. 5- 31- 



Numidas ^^odt'ii M.ifAl'tbus conkd\fit. , Tac. Ann. J. 4. ?. 2^ 



from 



Tke':r Glue. 



tioti of the 

 Bedoweens 



