Author: Leo Africanus

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-17

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9781528472890

Excerpt from The History and Description of Africa and of the Notable Things Therein Contained, Vol. 3 of 3 Esila founded by the Romans not far from the Numidian desert, and being distant from Bugia almost an hundred miles, hath stately wals about it, but base houses within. The inhabitants being partly artificers and partly husbandmen, goe very homely apparelled, and are most greeuously oppressed with the continual] exactions of the Arabians, and with the daily molestations of the king of Bugia. My selfc vpon a time trauelling this way, could not finde so much fodder as was sufficient for twelue horses onely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.