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to_o the_o turk_n and_o under_o the_o immediate_a command_n of_o the_o bashaw_n of_o tripoli_n who_o usual_o send_v to_o barka_o the_o principal_a city_n a_o kadiz_n to_o administer_v justice_n all_o the_o people_n be_v mahumetan_n except_v the_o wild_a arab_n in_o the_o desert_n religion_n their_o religion_n who_o live_v by_o rapine_n and_o villainy_n without_o any_o sense_n of_o religion_n honesty_n or_o goodness_n biledulgerid_n or_o numidia_n 283._o comprehend_v sus_n and_o ydausquerit_fw-la sus_n proper_a city_n or_o town_n idrunadayf_v iduguneus_n argon_fw-la the_o three_o chief_a beside_o idjauson_n merit_n deusdisdud_n deusenez_n indeuzell_n arrahala_n ayhakeli_n and_o tizitit_fw-la river_n darha_n ziz_n and_o ghir_n extuka_n town_n targuez_n the_o metropolis_n with_o 40_o township_n and_o castle_n subject_a to_o it_o nun_n town_n nun_n the_o chief_a city_n idaguazinguel_v idanbaquil_n deurseumugt_v and_o hilela_n tesset_fw-la town_n tesset_fw-la the_o head-city_n ufran_n or_o ufaran_a town_n it_o have_v four_o fortify_v but_o not_o name_v river_n one_o and_o that_o but_o small_a aka_fw-mi town_n none_o only_o three_o village_n dara_n dara_n contain_v town_n banesbick_a quiteva_n sizeri_n tagumadert_n tenzeda_n tragadell_n tenzulin_n tameguerut_n temerguit_fw-la tabernast_n and_o assa_n rivers_n dara_n mountain_n atlas_n in_o part_n tafilet_fw-la itata_fw-la town_n itata_fw-la tafilet_fw-la prop._n town_n tafilet_n sugulmesse_n sugelmesse_n town_n segelmesse_n teneghet_n tebubassan_n manuun_n mazalig_fw-ge abuhinam_n and_o kasayr_n beside_o 350_o city_n more_o great_a and_o small_a not_o name_v river_n ziz._n monutain_n mezetazu_n telde_n queneg_v matgara_n retil_o tebelhelt_n togda_fw-la forkala_fw-la tezerin_n berrigumi_fw-la benibesseri_fw-la guachde_v fighie_n terebit_fw-la tegorarin_n messab_n tekort_n guargula_n zeb_n town_n zebbell_n gastir_n and_o tamarakrost_n beside_o 12_o small_a fort_n and_o 26_o village_n helet_n and_o some_o fort_n on_o the_o river_n fez._n none_o name_v but_o fort_n essuoihila_n humeledegi_n and_o ummelhesen_n three_o very_o populous_a and_o 12_o village_n four_o village_n 10._o three_o small_a one_o and_o 4_o village_n six_o small_a one_o and_o 15_o village_n eight_o of_o considerable_a strength_n beside_o 15_o hamlet_n three_o fortify_v place_n three_o fair_a one_o the_o river_n ghir_n three_o strong_a one_o four_o village_n eight_z three_o and_o fifty_o fortress_n and_o 100_o village_n six_o stronghold_n beside_o village_n tekurt_n the_o turaffilum_fw-la of_o ptolemy_n guargala_n zeb_n peskare_o nefta_n teolocha_n and_o deusca_n biledulgerid_n proper_a biledulgerid_fw-la city_n teusar_n kafza_n nefzara_n teoreque_fw-la three_o good_a fort_n 26_o village_n jasliten_v town_n jasliten_v gademez_n town_n sixteen_o wall_v and_o ninety_o two_o village_n fassen_n town_n augele_n beside_o 58_o wall_v city_n and_o a_o hundred_o open_a village_n numidia_n or_o biledulgerid_n ancient_a numidia_n by_o ptolemy_n call_v new_a numidia_n numidia_n ancient_a numidia_n and_o by_o the_o grecian_n according_a to_o pliny_n metagonites_n take_v its_o beginning_n as_o the_o same_o pliny_n at_o the_o river_n ampiaga_n now_o name_v sufegnia_n and_o end_v at_o the_o river_n tuska_n now_o call_v guadel_n barbar_n which_o region_n some_o now_o comprise_v under_o the_o kingdom_n of_o telensin_n or_o tremecen_n but_o some_o observe_v that_o ptolemy_n have_v not_o set_v forth_o in_o particular_a the_o proper_a bound_n of_o numidia_n though_o they_o may_v well_o say_v that_o he_o have_v conterminate_v this_o country_n with_o the_o river_n sufegmar_n and_o jadogh_n by_o the_o modern_n call_v ampsiaga_n and_o rubrikat_n near_o bona_n which_o territory_n contain_v part_n of_o constantine_n and_o a_o part_n of_o bugie_a but_o maginus_fw-la settle_v numidia_n otherwise_o that_o be_v between_o the_o river_n magior_n former_o know_v by_o audus_n where_o ptolemy_n fix_v his_o numidian-bay_n and_o the_o river_n megerada_n or_o magrada_n call_v bagrada_n near_o carthage_n under_o which_o also_o a_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o tunis_n may_v be_v comprise_v the_o numidia_n which_o now_o we_o know_v be_v that_o part_n of_o africa_n numidia_n modern_a numidia_n which_o by_o some_o be_v place_v between_o lybia_n and_o the_o mountain_n atlas_n africanus_n leo_fw-la africanus_n and_o likely_a take_v in_o no_o little_a share_n of_o ptolomy_n ancient_a description_n for_o some_o endeavour_n to_o make_v out_o that_o its_o border_n extend_v far_o take_v in_o most_o part_n of_o bugie_a and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o tunis_n and_o a_o good_a share_n of_o the_o caesarian_a mauritania_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o dara_n ¶_o the_o spacious_a dominion_n of_o this_o vast_a country_n numidia_n name_n name_n the_o arabian_n call_v biledulgerid_n from_o the_o chief_a province_n thereof_o or_o according_a to_o anani_n guaten-tamar_a both_o signify_v date-land_n so_o name_v from_o the_o abundance_n of_o that_o fruit_n which_o that_o country_n produce_v more_o than_o any_o other_o part_n of_o africa_n ¶_o numidia_n take_v its_o beginning_n eastward_n at_o the_o city_n of_o elokar_n border_n border_n five_o and_o twenty_o spanish_a mile_n from_o egypt_n stretch_v westward_o to_o nun_n who_o utmost_a confine_n border_n the_o atlantic_a ocean_n its_o northern_a boundary_n be_v the_o skirt_n of_o mount_n atlas_n the_o south_n the_o desert_n of_o lybia_n ¶_o the_o most_o eminent_a region_n which_o this_o world_n of_o ground_n contain_v territory_n territory_n be_v tesset_n dara_n tafilet_n segelmesse_n zeb_n and_o biledulgerid_n this_o last_o as_o we_o say_v give_v the_o denomination_n to_o all_o numidia_n but_o there_o be_v other_o country_n within_o this_o its_o spread_a circuit_n especial_o westward_o as_o shall_v appear_v hereafter_o ¶_o biledulgerid_n bigness_n bigness_n or_o numidia_n reckon_v in_o length_n six_o hundred_o mile_n in_o breadth_n where_o at_o wide_a three_o and_o fifty_o the_o chief_a people_n which_o now_o plant_v this_o large_a country_n on_o the_o west_n be_v according_a to_o marmol_n the_o musamades_n hilel_n zaragans_n and_o quicimas_n and_o the_o mean_a sort_n be_v call_v gemis_fw-la signify_v a_o masseline_n of_o several_a nation_n ¶_o
of_o epaphus_n son_n of_o jupiter_n other_o will_v force_v the_o name_n lybia_n from_o the_o arabic_a word_n lebib_fw-la which_o signify_v excessive_a heat_n now_o the_o arab_n call_v this_o land_n zaahara_n zaara_n or_o sarn_n that_o be_v the_o desert_n ¶_o the_o migrate_a arab_n lybia_n the_o arabian_a division_n of_o lybia_n that_o so_o often_o in_o great_a company_n shift_v their_o eat_v up_o station_n for_o fresh_a pasturage_n rove_a through_o this_o lybia_n divide_v it_o now_o into_o three_o part_n according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o the_o soil_n and_o variety_n of_o place_n to_o which_o they_o progress_n for_o the_o sandy_a bear_v neither_o shrub_n nor_o grass_n they_o call_v tehel_n the_o stony_a or_o gravel_n country_n zaara_n and_o all_o that_o which_o be_v morass_n or_o boggy_a be_v always_o green_a azgar_o and_o late_o it_o have_v be_v divide_v into_o ten_o canton_n desert_n other_o partition_n into_o ten_o territory_n or_o desert_n or_o desert_n in_o which_o there_o be_v some_o populous_a place_n the_o first_o that_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o lybick_a nun_n to_o the_o desert_n of_o zenega_n or_o zanaga_n tagaza_n zuenziga_n hair_n or_o terga_fw-la lempta_fw-la berdoa_n augele_n serte_n and_o alguechet_n every_o one_o so_o call_v from_o their_o metropolis_n cluverius_n on_o the_o other_o side_n bring_v the_o desert_n lempta_fw-la hair_n zuenziga_n zanhaga_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o targa_n and_o berdoa_n under_o biledulgerid_n and_o extend_v sarra_n all_o the_o length_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o gaoga_n quite_o to_o gualata_n ¶_o most_o of_o the_o people_n of_o lybia_n have_v their_o dwelling-place_n about_o the_o river_n zenega_n dwelling-place_n where_o the_o people_n of_o lybia_n have_v their_o chief_a dwelling-place_n a_o branch_n of_o the_o river_n niger_n that_o they_o may_v the_o better_o drive_v their_o trade_n and_o hold_v commerce_n with_o the_o negro_n ¶_o this_o lybia_n air._n the_o air._n or_o sarra_n have_v so_o excellent_a and_o 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