A geographical historie of Africa, written in Arabicke and Italian by Iohn Leo a More, borne in Granada, and brought vp in Barbarie. Wherein he hath at large described, not onely the qualities, situations, and true distances of the regions, cities, townes, mountaines, riuers, and other places throughout all the north and principall partes of Africa; but also the descents and families of their kings ... gathered partly out of his owne diligent obseruations, and partly out of the ancient records and chronicles of the Arabians and Mores. Before which, out of the best ancient and moderne writers, is prefixed a generall description of Africa, and also a particular treatise of all the maine lands and isles vndescribed by Iohn Leo. ... Translated and collected by Iohn Pory, lately of Goneuill and Caius College in Cambridge

Of the citie of Chanca.

THe great citie of Chanca situate about sixe miles from Cairo, at the verie entrance of the desert lying in the way to mount Sinai, is replenished with most stately houses, temples, and colleges. All the fields betweene Cairo and this citie abound with great plentie of dates: but from Chanca to mount Sinai, which is an hundred and fortie miles, there are no places of habitation at all. The inhabitants are but of meane wealth: for when any carouan is to passe into Syria, hither resort a company of peo∣ple from Cairo, to prouide things necessarie for their iourney, bicause the villages adioining yeeld 〈◊〉〈◊〉 but dates. Through this citie lie two maine roade-〈◊〉〈◊〉, the one leading to 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and the other to Arabia. This citie hath 〈◊〉〈◊〉 other water but such as remaineth in certaine chanels after the

inundation of Nilus; which chanels being broken, the water runneth foorth into the plaines, and there maketh a number of small lakes, from whence it is conueighed backe by certaine sluces into the cesterns of the citie.