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THis Jurisdiction, the most Westerly part of the Kingdom of Fez, * 1.1 hath for bound on the East, the River Buragrag; on the West, the River Ommira∣bih; on the North, the Great Ocean; and on the South, Atlas. The length, from East to West, is accounted Seventeen Miles, and the breadth Thirty.
This was formerly so flourishing a Countrey, that it contained Forty, or, * 1.2 as Gramay says, a Hundred and twenty great Cities, Three hundred good Towns, and exceeding many Villages, some whereof as good as Walled Ci∣ties; most of which are so totally ruined in their Civil Wars, that scarce any remainders of them can be found.
The most eminent Places now in being, toward the Sea, are Cape Cocor, * 1.3 a few Miles Northward of the River Ommirabih, Escossor, Cabo del Camelo, that is, Camels Cape, and the City Anasfe, or Anfa, built by the Romans on the Coast of the Atlantike, Twenty Miles North from Atlas, Eighteen Westward from Azamor, and about Nineteen from Rabat: here is a strong Fort, built by the Arabians, who keep in i•• a great Garrison.
This City triumphed formerly in stately Mosques, magnificent Palaces, Shops and Warehouses of rich Merchandise: of all which at present nothing remains but decayed heaps of Rubbish. This desolation was thrown upon it by the Portuguese in so fatal an hour, that it hath never been repaired.
Almansora, or Mansora, was built by Almansor, King of Morocco, * 1.4 by the River Guir, in a delightful Plain, Two small Miles from the Ocean, and about Twenty from Rabat, now thinly inhabited by the Arabians.
Sala, or Sella, a Place distinct from the beforementioned Salee, * 1.5 built by the Romans on the River Buragrag, Two little Miles from the Atlantike, and One from Rabat. King Mansor erected here a stately Mosque and Princely Palace, with a Marble Portico and Chappel adjoyning, artificially beautified with all manner of Carved Work, wherein he had ordered his Body to be laid after his Death: which accordingly was performed, and a Marble Stone, whereon was Engraven an Epitaph, laid at his Head, and another at his Feet, and ever since all his Successours have been there Interred.
On the same Shore you may see Rotima, the Cape of Sale, or Sala, * 1.6 and some small Islands, the greatest of which is supposed to be the Pena of the Ancients.
Rabat, a great City, thought to be the Oppium of Ptolomy, and Key of Barbary, scituate upon a great Rock, to the East of the River Buragrag, which there falls into the Ocean, hath for its defence a strong Castle, and for Ornament many Mosques, Palaces, Shops, and Bathes; without on the South-side standeth a high Tower, discernable far off at Sea, and consequently a good Mark for Sailers. Half a Mile from hence lies the ruinous City Menkale.
¶ INland Places are, Nuchaile, a small demolished City: Adendum, * 1.7 formerly called Ekath, Four Miles from Mount Atlas, and Seven from Nuchaile: Tegeget, or Tegegilt, near the River Ommirabib, in the Way from Tedle to Fez: * 1.8 Hain el Chelu, a small, but populous City upon a Plain: Maderauvan, * 1.9 or Ma∣daravan, formerly Dorath, seated on the River Buragraph, Six Miles from Atlas: