M A H 74* 0 ;ME;T AN S T A T ES
Algiers. thotlgh,the,fea,coafl^frop:th&^iiV!er Boobei;ik,tsttn$ar Bona j l f e •
oils and rocky. -The productions arejjin general the • fame .with thofe
of Tunis.. There are many fait rivers and fprings,- and there is a moun-
, tain of fait near the lake, called Marks *": there are likewife feveral mi-
ne|al^rii^st;, and earthquakes are npt; unknown.;
Morocco. Of the empire, or Prather kingdom, of Morocco,, an interefting account
has lately1 been published by an Englifh traveller, who from his
medical character, had aeeefs even to the harams of the king, andj®ne
of the:ppn©bsk ThtSv* nominal;empire confifts-indeeth,of» .feveral fmall
kingdoms, as the old Englifh monarchy was compofed of the.'fovea
kthg^maAf the heptarchy ; bm the ftyle of emperor: feferns-iJted have
arifen imthe^ourteSattecentUty, when the Sultan of MoheceOivVas far. a
fhorp time? fbvereiga ofiall ^he northern, ftates ofAfrica. I uTfeff4JiNifer
ftyle is that bf fharif, or Jheref, derived'from a fuppofetkdefcendent of
Mahomet, who feized the fceptre about the -year 15^0.; -The, kingdom
of Eez has been united to Morocco, fince it firft became an independent
fovereignty in the thirteenth century; while that of Trem'efin vya®joined
to the-deydbm txP'Alg&r.- The fovereigns -of Mdfoccax-,being$©fs$|lhe
houfe of Merini, they were ftyled A1 Merinis,- and;'cbrrUpily:byfthe 'Spa-
nifh, and other authors, kings of -Balmerin, being latterly .the' -molt
powerful of the African-princes. In the hands- of an induftriousr people
the ktagdeih'of Morocco;! hr: ancient Mauretania, might ftill be of confi-
derable importance; but' from ignQranoe and' want .of ..policy; |the
weftera harbours are, hy Mr. Lempriere’s report, blocker! up WiTvTanHJ
fo that Morocco may he effaced from the lift of maritime powers'* or
pirates. There are heaths of great extent; and» the ridge of Atlas here
difplays its lofty fummits and moft extenfive wildnefs ;tfmt manyJriif.
tri£ts are fertile, particularly that of Tafilet on the S. E. fide of .the^At-
lantic ridge f . In the fummer months the heat is tempered, by.ipeezes
* What the Moors call Shoit or Shalt is a fandy plain," but fohietimes overflowed, and which
receives.five fmall rivers. Shaw, 114. -It is to be regretted that this author was fo zealous an antiquary,,
whence his work is chiefly valuable for the illuftration of ancient geography. The petrifying
fpring, ib. 232. led the fabling Arabs to imag ne cities and their inhabitants turned into
ftone.
f It terminates -at Santa Cruz, by. the. Arabs called Aguadir. Chenier I. 46. Lempriere, 1 12.
and by the French St. Croix de Barbaric. Mogador is by the Arabs called Souera. Saugnicr,
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IN TH E AN O R’T H.
from thejAtlas? alWifys^fotled^h ififd^r. TheriMbdfs of?the towns
a^fdmeWMi%iYa«kadf|ifegkU^ltta®irfe¥6atitileWvA'nd the wan*
during Arabs hfe-fpltahfeV* to-t'the B-rebWt&pflBreb&rs, who'gave name to
Ba»bary,<Vafefkftefcd'-and!i*obftmatei#ac#oPtlieT&ric'ientmativeS; and, fe-
cu>re ih the'mohfeta'i"no;tA- rgceffts, 1iefyt^th*e^gbV‘emmenf,^ being' Chiefly
riiled by el^rive ftifeikfs. The uhWfeVfal ftiod Isy®t^^^J,^ con^ftillg of
bits of pafte' ’aTOW the' fize of'ricb* crumble!l^in?ptJn-lea?tl^i?,cb^nd^fA
cd’dke(i!'b|*',tHe ftfe'ariTof- Bl)iied^^eaf*ahd^^e^yll:eif^v'Bi^h1,'afe ■ alT
*^vScfJ up fh|ethesrTri ';aff"uMhe‘n,'dilli,,<Vii'K bfeef ‘ind?'fplc’e#' ^Thi's
U * 'n which nothing is loft, even being rdrrebfdd^by'the'pafte,.
is the meal of the peaf^nt and .the mbnarch. ThAdbiifeftic
animafe^are much ‘the 'fame as > tnplfw*Ehrbp e ' j -t Ine"*i?an^'etƒ >!and
d^ eT ^ s'’?U,,|r®at fyiftn^efs ’ , %r e J p r Q g u i n e a , ’ The oxen
^9^ and.pjgepn^plenllfa I,but
ducks rar^, ancl|g|efe./and turkiea unknown.j T^here is »plenty pf gameh
a9^^9r^?he|9? ^ ? 9P j+t,elPgfree A0111 n^ofe^tipn.. In- the .ri^gefp?
At||8 there-are mines of. .iroo^negleaedj^he'un^
<^pei;ds4wrought ireac rT^rp&nfe^iTh^ ^tu^fe^fbrineFly^^jdxAbr
ral^p.la’cpsMhi Santa .Cruz in t h ^ ^ a n f t S i
while the^ani-afds^ill retain?Ceuta. Tlie|cfipf- M^hoJnSa-'pOrtf jsi
Tetuan, which is. rather an open road ;^p^t|ie^tpwnuij in avp®n;£ejaue'
fituation, and the people particularly, friendly to the Englifh^ The city
of Motived as fituated in a^fertile plain, variegated vyhh clumps'of palm-
trees and fhrubs, and watered hy- feveraklucid ftreams.^frbm the Atlas *:
the.extent is confiderable,, furrounded by vely„ftrpng waifs*|if'taliby, a.
mixture of ftone and mortar which.begpmes a^hmd as;foyj'.'ij.Stetchief
buildings are the royal palace and the-inodes'; ,apcl there ‘is, a Zoul^r-
or ,q.^art^r inhabited by Jews. } The 'palace colifts ’ of
detached pavilions;' as; common in the eaft; -and even vtfee modes are
P' 53»;: When the- Iherefs about A. D . 1500 feized the fceptre, many fugitiveEontogueferetreated
I o the great defert where their defeendents ftill exift. lb. p. 63,: &.c. The charafter of
the Moors by Briflbli, lb. 474,'‘&c: is t^ulyilib^iblffi'-cff
. * The'great range fafles'on the'S. and E ; at the diftanceBf about tweniyjmilss':,- anionjthe/'N'^
w a-chain o f mountains, probably the Leifer A t la s ,of-Ptolemy. See Lempriere, ^83.
Moaocco.-
hjuares