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 Chap. 1.] ACCOUNT OF COUN-TEIES, ETC. 385 the river Laud', which is also navigable for vessels, the town and port of Ehysaddir'-^, and Malvaue^, a navigable stream. The cityofSiga"*, formerly the residence of King S}-phax,lies opposite to that of Malaca* in Spain : it now belongs to the second^ Mauritania. But these countries, I should remark, for a long time retained the names of their respective kings, the further Mauritania being called the "land of Bogud%" Avhile that which is now called Ciesariensis was called the " country of Bocchus." After passing Siga we come to the haven called "Portus Magnus^" from its great extent, with a town whose people enjoy the rights of lioman citizens, and then the river Mulucha^, Avhieh served as the limit between the territory of Bocchus and that of the Masssesyli. Next to this is Quiza Xenitana'", a town founded by strangers, and Arsenaria", a place with the ancient Latin rights, three miles distant from the sea. "We then come to Cartenna^-, a that it is called the Setuan, and is the largest stream on the northem shores of Western Africa. ^ The modern Gromera according to Hardonhi, the Nocor according toMannert.. 2 r^^Q modern MchUa most probably. 3 The modem Maluia. Antoninus calls it Malva, and Ptolemy Maloua. Guardia or Sereni according to Dupmet, Ned- Roma according to Man- nert and D'Anville, and Tachumbrit according to Shaw. Marcus is iu- cHned to be of the same opinion as the last- mentioned geographer. ^ Mauritania Ca;sariensis, or Caesarian Mauritania, now forming the French province of Algiers. 7 "Bogudiana;" from Bogud or Bogoas. The last king Bogud was deprived of his kingdom by Bocchus, king of Mam-itania Ca-sariensis, a warm partisan of Csesar. 3 Or the " Great Harbour," now Arzeu according to D'Anville, and Mars-el-Kebir according to Marcus. ^ The same river probably as the ]ralva or jMalvana proriously men- tioned, the word mulucha or malacha coming from the Greek jxoXoxi]-, " i* marsh mallow," which malva, as a Latin word, also signifies. See }). 383. ^^ From the Greek word ^evos, " a stranger." Pomponius ]Iela anil Antoninus call this place Guiza, and Ptolemy Quisa. D'Anville places it on the right side of the river Malvana or Midueha, and Shaw says tliat it was situate in the vicinity of the modern town of Oran. ^' Now Mjirz-Agolet, or situate m its vicinity, according to Hardouin and Ansart, and the ]iresent Arzen, according to Marcus, where nume- rous remains of antiquity are found. ^2 Now Tenez, according to D'Anville, and Mcegraim, according to Mannert ; with which last opinion Marcus agrees. VOL. I. 2
 * Its site is occupied by the modemi Aresgol, according to Mariana,
 * Now the city of Malaga.