The fifth Booke of 



powcrfull it is and forciblcjjs ieene by this moft of allj when Forrcfts arc fought out far and necre G 

 for Ivorie and Citron trees : when all the rockcs in Getulia are fearched for Murices and Purpu- 

 ra:: ^ [lliell-fiflies that yceld the purple crimfen colour.] Howbeit the naturall inhabitants of that 

 countrey doe write, Thatinthe fea-coaft 150 miles from Sala^ there is the river Afanajthat re- 

 ceiveth fait water into itj but hath in it a goodly faire haven ; and not farre froin it another freili 

 tiver^ which they call Fut :from which.to Dyris (for that is the name in their language of Adas, 

 by a generall confent) are 200 miles, with a river comming betweene, named Vior. And there, 

 the fpccch fo goeth jare to be feene the ccrtaine tokens of a ground fomctimes inhabited, to wit, 

 the reliques of vineyards and date tree groves . Suetor^im Padmm (a ConfuH in our time) who 

 was the firil Romane leader, that for certaine miles ipaqe went over Atlas^alfo hath reported ve- 

 lily as touching the heigth thereof, that with the reii :and moreover^ that the foot thereof tow- H 

 ard the botomcjlbndthicke and full of tall woods^ with trees therein of an unknowne kind, but 

 the heigth of them is delectable to lee to^finooth and even without knotSjthc leaves and braun- 

 cheslike Cypreflejand befidcstheftrdngfmell they yceld, are covered all over with a thin 

 downe, of which (with fome helpe of Art) fine cloth ipay be made^fuch as the filkwormedoth 

 yeeld/fhatthc top andcreft chereofis covered over with deep fnow even in fummer time.Morc- 

 over,that he reached up to the pitch of it at the ten th daies end, and went beyond It as farre as a 

 rh'ercalledNigcr3through\'vildernejTes fiin ofbla^ where other- whiles there flood out 



certaine cliifes, and craggie rockes, as they were Icortched and burnt: and that thofc places by 

 rcafonot partching heat were not habitable, albeit a man made triall thereof in the winter fea- 

 fon. Furthcj-morejthat the paifants who dwelt in the next forre{ls,werepeftred with Elephants, 

 v\'ild beafts, and ferpents of all forts 5 and thofc people were called Canarij : for that they and 

 dogges feed togithcr one with another, and part among diem the bowels of wild beafts.For cer- 

 taine ii is knowne, that a nation of the /Ethiopians whom they call Perocfi joyneth upon them. 

 A'^4^the father ofPfW:?zz?^Af^3 who before^tirpe ruled over, both Mauritanes, a man more me- 

 morable and renowmed for his {ludie and love of good letters, than for his kingdom and royal! 

 portjhath written the like concerning Atlas: and hefaith moreover, that there is an herb grow- 

 ing there called Euphorbia, of his Phifirions name that firfl found it : themilkie juycc whereof 

 hepraifeih wondrous much, for to clcare the eyes,and to be a prefervativc againil all ferpents 

 arid poifons whatfocvcr : and thereof hath he written a treatife and made a book by it fcife.Thus 

 rnuch may fljffjce, if it be not too much^ as touching Atlas, Kr 



Chap, ii. 



^ The province TwgitafiLu 



THe length of the province Tingitani3,taketh 170 miles.The nations therein be thele : The 

 Maurij which in times paft was the principally and ofwhome the province tookename: 

 and thofc mofl writers have called Maruiij. Being by warre wcakned and diminifhed, they 

 came in tlie end to a few families only. Next to them were the Maffefuii^but in like manner were 

 they conrumsd.Now is the province inhabited by the Getulians, Bannuiri, and the Autololes^ 

 the mod valiant and puiffant of all the reft. A member of thefe were fometime the Vefuni : but - 

 beingdividedfrom ihem^they became a nation by themfelvcs,and bounded upon the ^thio- 

 pians. The province naturally full of mountaincs Eaflwardjbreedcth Elephants. In the hill alfo 

 Abila,andin thofe which for their even and equall heigth they call, Thefeven brethren: and 

 thefe butt upon Abila, which looketh over into the (ea. From thefe beginneih the coafl of the 

 Inward fca . The river Tamuda navigablcj and a towne fometime [of that nameJThe river Laud, 

 which alfo recciveih vefTels.The towne Rulardie, and the haven. The river Malvana navigable. 

 The towne Siga juft againfl Malacha fituate in Spaine : the royall leat oi'Sypfja>Cy and now 

 the other Mauritania . For a long time they kept the narnes of KK. fo as the utmofl was cal- 

 led. Bogadiana : and likewilcBocchij which now is Carfarienfis. Next to it is the haven for 

 the rargenelTe thereof called Magnus, with a towne of Romane citizens. The river Muluca, 

 s \9hich is thelimitof Bocchi and theMaffDefuJi . QuizaXenitana, a towneof Straungers : Ar- M 

 fennairia ,' a to'iwe'of Lafines three miles fiom the fea : Carcenna, a Colonic of Augnjim, 

 ereiied for the fecond legion : Likewife another Colonieof his planted with thePretorian 

 band jGunugi : and the promontorie of Apollo , And amofi famous towne there C^efarea^ 

 wlualiy before-tirrie'caHed loI/ the royall feat of king hibn: endowed by CUudm the Empe- 



• rous 



