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alteation*of tfar curious. "*Uixm the tower of •the great' mosque are Ibme tm perfe^ ittfcHpti- •0B8;^]Djirt tJie letters, thoi^kof a inftcicfit faigf- aeidto be feen'at a diAanc^- we lb filled up witk^lime^and w1iite^waih$>*tb«t IcOuld not pai^iieskKly diftingifiifa'them; Tlic iiili^ and mi^ «0Md t&e ^ty » ate e-vtrj where beautified with radeni and coun-try '4eats/wliitherthrwealt% partof thein-hahitahta retire during4h^4bmmer. Tb6i<b.4relittle ^ite hodei ifiiaded liy a variety of frutctroes (afld^arel^gr(ellst the Murdens are* welllooked <ixddi pot heite, -mdoftr, and otheriffonti and what il ttioft'^Mtmired iifvithefe hotelimates, each 'of themv a^ ^11 as the city,tmyoyz^ a greait u<Mnnnnd of melient water,frarn thcTirafiy rhmletaand fbuntaihs that eve-nly' wlierei prefttit* themfelvesV From thcfe.^Ottitres'^tke-rpringivateK'ufed at Jigiers is•brouglrc through a long'courfc of pipes *nd-conduHs^-' ' • - - B } ^^^ Four, miles to the fi>iuhrea& .of 41^99% is tllo *j|river Hdratchy ivhick riiing bj^hbd tb^ mtMifir !tains o/ the Bini^ Moufa^ apd joining tiie Fi^JlfViTt runs through the licheft parc^.q^ |hifMittijiab. It liad ^rortnerly a bridge b w)< ^mwit« at a fm^l diftance from tl)^ iea. $<^m aa*thors bbferve, th^ tne jrnin^ of ^^f/^p. :i^to-wi(e called Oi^^/^r/y are ^ i>c ^c^j|^4|s.banks ; but t could never, meet ^itb i^ffi m|*.insy nor obtain the leail infQf^atiwal)Oi|ttheip. -.-,.. L ^/cM^ and Medea^ thGonly inland ^iiie^ofthis province, M each of them about a piilein.cifcifit j^ but their wisills .beu|g ^hift^ fiiM!with JQJid, and full of holes made by hoimetf »can contrtbutebut little to their ilrength. Someof the houfes ar« fiat roofed > and oSker«tik4 ;they are^ plentifully fM|;i^)ied with water» ia)date encompaiTed with 7517 Ixnitful g^fS$^fi 4ftdplantation?. ' At SiftJfi a branch of sw tdja*cent rivulet may be coi)du£led through ^yciyboufe and garden I wpikjthe feycrajl f^doke Sd aqueduds that, iapply Muffa wkik i^lef*me of which appear to be k^num workft^ «tecapable of being v^!^ d^nally co^maodiwe/Both of theie cipes lie.Qppofite tb^ BKMilh Of:the Mafaffran ; ^BiUida ^ £ve league^ diftftnce»tmde^ the fhade ot m>unt Jtl^^ SindMidMthree leagues beyond it^ on the oth^r iide ofthat mountain ; and there is reafon |o britevethat ^ former wat the iida Coknim^ and ibeother the Lamida of Ptckarjf, yidtyura, the highcft mountain inSar^of^ ex*tends'at l&A eight Icagae« froan the aorth-eaft to i# Ae' lii»tb-^wdl> and ^m bfie M l& ill*<idhii5 •i'|>e^s « oimditueil tafigen ^c^^«i«DCk9 md precjofcei^^ Ibcaririg by kft raggdifitsalioii, a nQxnoer 0f Kafyles from tetomiug;4filiiiiBi7 19 tlMi^KffMrtf r. la i]i€iAiAA of tin-ier tilt Meetyf iSis ihobAt^ki i« jCdtl^M «(^fnowt and ithremiiicable that the itihabibliWof<»e fide 'masbtaini^ hereditary txA imj^lsica*Ue ^frfrity ^gaiiift thoie of the ot&er ;,^hile\i(f €OBiteOB oMlient^ a little fnoW puti a nop ^their boAiUtiesdfrHnt: that feafon^ .. \ , -.•,... ■ * '. , . 4 ** c H A?. 111. • : OftlatPart pf the Maaritania CaefarUofis aWHvaMSatf ^p^^mftti^d the fkfiirn PrMHct^«r '^ Pr^Mtt of Q6ii&SiXStit2i. fViib a i>e*>^^riMry'Biigia^ B^ujeial^, H^PP?* ^I'Uv«* Gteftaatilia, tnniA cbkdfi Account tjftkt G»^^viA t m0Mi if Alptn, 1:Now ctfiiie (o the eaftern provla^eof 4^-^gun, diftittgttiflied bjr the iiame of the Pro* ^vinoe ci -Cof^trnndnd^ which is nearly eicfjial ia^exieiit tO'the other tWo, it being ,230 miles iq,.kngdi, Uni aboiit lOo in breach. The tiir'^botecoUe^led here by the Viceroy is even much ^greater thah that of the o(hef two ; for the Beyof the foBther£i pnmhce' pays ai^hqafly ]ntothe treafary oi A^i^rs onty abont li^o^oVdoi- ' ♦ . . lara. iafs % ao4 tb^ B^ iof ^^e;wefkro pMiviAde 46 ^^ d^lima in kfa than ^gnd c&metiiiiiis '. The ft»^cp4|i pf this ^^sm^ b. ro&y^^f^oflt throughly it9> whole -eJctflDt; -Tht liMtt:^if^fmk \% itV wddero b0«indaf)r«^«Bid Btfta4^g«e'6 4iftatijce/ixpo& thfe ' ^t.cQfift> the tewrn ()(^i^» . 09 1 of the, rows; Df^a kf{# '«»ty,'jp«|^feably the i^f^/ffr^/tiM , <^i thet anoMiikiKt'' Hlfre^^great p^rt of the old wall, with otiia' xniis ^^eft thA fi^pwt pf .^hp. |Dpiu«ajiiii f:^r(»«ife<«tg^«'Iiij|a2^eibme extraordi0ai^aikO^itiie»>; as^ma. waH juft oyer the h^bour is a iinftUiaidie with^xi iniage plaee4. i?i'i% if^ ri]^e;aferitude ofta '^ 'MaJpnai .but tJ^e features and ^drapery atte '^ /, > VsMug by fome.vUk^d ^l!Httk tonfiMpwmie, j{vrp :€^jnet t<X: the^ <port;6fi j9^«S|iififri^ >calkd^byiSncalii^ thf Po^t pf. ^tvrda, *^lt as*9nxi£)i iftfg«r '-ti^si either ihsa, of.Pr^ or^of .4^r«Mp^ thoiqfh it i& formed in the/acne mdinnei; by ft Harmw aedc.-of Jand, running. out inio the fea* a grebt 'jpart of w^ch^asi foroieify . ^ed wkli*^>a waHi'S^f '^t^fm&Qp&f mi ihe^re^ was Itk^sviie-mi aquednft 'JSar biingi,9giVe(h walerlo thetJOffi buta^fM^- 1 feat the-^Jlk thie ^^ntdud; and^the baib^ deflroyed* * » , u. , ^ . . . * T:hje. vdoUars of y^i^'wj^and ''STted'/ uiuaily pafs♦P« 5'>t,4d- oJ^ 3 !?. ^ dr value*
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