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TEDLE:
THe Territory of Tedle hath on the East the Kingdom of Morocco, * 1.1 on the West the River Quadelhabid, and on the North, the Conflux of the same River with that of Ommirabih; and on the South Mount Atlas: So that it is in effect Triangular. For those Rivers springing from Atlas, make one Angle, Atlas a second, and Morocco the third.
Tefze the Chief City, erected by the Arabians on the edge of Atlas, stands encircled in a Wall of Marble curiously cut, which Work in Arabick they call Tefza, the Wall so giving name to the City, being large and well peopl'd, ha∣ving many Temples, and adjoyning to it the pleasant Plains of Fixtele; wherein is a Village of the same name a mile from Tefze on a Hillock, con∣taining about seven hundred Houses.
Cithiteb, on a very high Mountain, three Miles Easterly from Tefza. Ehithi∣at, or Aitiat, four Miles from Cithiteb, having about four hundred Houses; but no Walls other than the Mountain and steep Cliffs.
¶ THe Mountains are Segeme, or Seggheme, lieth in the South, * 1.2 joyning to Te∣seven; Magran a little more to the West, reaching from the last menti∣on'd Segeme, to Dedes; one Point of whose Basis Westward rises at Magran, and so running to Adesan on the South, makes a Bulwark or Wall to the Plains of Tolge.
¶ THis Countrey is full of Mountains, * 1.3 whose tops are cover'd with Snow the greatest part of the year; yet the Plains yield all sorts of Corn in great abundance, Vines, Pistachio's or Nut-Trees, Figs, and other Fruit-Trees in vaste numbers. Neither are Cattel wanting here, though much infested, and often devour'd by the wilde Beasts harbouring in the adjacent Mountains, such as Lions, Tygers, and Wolves. And the pleasure of the Valleys is also much abated by the almost infinite numbers of Mesketo's, (a kinde of Wasp) that by their too frequent stinging make their lives a trouble to them.
¶ THe People of Tebre go well habited, but those of Dedes almost naked; * 1.4 they pilfer and steal naturally, and are as deceitful, and delight in broaching of quarrels; so that who ever comes among them, had need have more Eyes and Hands than single Pairs: therefore not onely Strangers, but their Neighbours refuse to trade or deal with them in any kinde; so that they spend their whole time in laziness and thievish inventions, without any desire to improve themselves by learning Arts, or using Commerce: As an evidence of which; Whosoever by chance travels through their Countrey without Convoy, they make no scruple to rob of all; and though they have the safe Conduct and Protection of their Governors, they extort from them above one fourth of whatever they carry with them, besides what is other∣wise useful to them.
Mahumetanism overspreads the whole, * 1.5 yet admits a few Jews to reside in several places among them for the benefit of Trade, and fewer Christians. But