288 Phfical and Mtfcellaneous 



Plrgil' have left us of their Manner of Living and Decamp, 

 ments, even to the Circumftance of carrying along with them 

 their faithful Domeftick, are as juftly drawn up, as if they 

 had made their Obfervations at this Time. 

 Ue Habits- From the Dou-wars of the Bedoweens, we are to afcend to the 

 Syks! ' T>a/hkras of the Kahyles, which confift of a Number oiGurhies, 

 as the Dou-wars do of Hhymas. Thefe Gurhies are generally 

 raifed either with Hurdles, daubed over with Mud, or ell^ 

 they are built out of the Materials of fome adjacent Ruins, or 

 with fquare Cakes of Clay baked in the Sun. The Roofs are 

 covered with Straw or Turf, fupported by Reeds, or Branches 

 r/,.F^>««<,/of Trees. There is rarely more than one Chamber in the 

 /M>Gurine..j^j.g^^ of them ', notwithftauding it is to ferve for aKitchin, 

 Dining Room, and Bed-chamber; befides one Corner of it that 

 is referved , as I fhould have mentioned alfo in the Hhjymas, 

 Thefe Gut- for thcir Folcs, Calves, and Kids. Thefe Hovels being always 

 /i^«rMagaUa fixed aud immoveable, are undoubtedly what the Antients 

 crMagana. ^^jj^^ Magalia": according to FirgiP therefore, Carthage 

 itfelf, before the Time of T>ido, was nothing more than one 

 of thefe Dajhhras, which I have defcribed. 

 The sbowiah Thc KahyUSy from their Situation " and Language, (for all 

 °,ffh}l^hy-the reft of the Country fpeak the ^raMck Tongue) feem to 

 be the only People of thefe Kingdoms, who can bear any- 

 near Relation to the antient Africans. For, notwithftanding 

 the great Variety of Conquefts, to which the low and culti- 

 vated Parts of this Country have been fo often fubjedt, yet 

 it is more than probable, that all or the greater Part of the 

 mountainous Diftrifts, were, from their rugged Situation, in 

 a great Meafure left free and unmolefted. Whilft the Nomades 

 therefore and Inhabitants of fuch Cities and Villages, as were 

 of eafy Accefs, fubmitted by Degrees to the Lofs of their old 

 Language, and to the Introduction of fuch new Laws and 



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Profequar, & raris habitata mapalia te^is. 



Saepe diem no£lemque & totum ex ordine raenfem 



Pafcitur, itqae pecus longa in deferta fine ullis 



Hofpitijs : tantum campijacet: omnia fecum 



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Armaque, Amycleumque canem, Crejfamque Vhivetnm. Georg. ^. 1- 339- 

 a Magalia di&i quafi magaria, quod magar Punici novam villam dicunt. Ifid. Orig. 1. if. 

 cap. 12. Vid. Bock Chan. 1. 1. cap. 24. Magdia qua a Vallo Caftrorum Magar vel Migul 

 inftar villarum fixas erant &c. Vid. C/. Wafid Not. in Sail. Bell. Jug. p. iSj. 



3 Miratur molem i£«f«if, M«<g<»/i4 quondam. /£«. 1.42J. 



4 Vid. p. 7. 8. 120. &c. 



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