The chief capes or promontories of these states are, Cape Cottes orAmpelusia, known to our seafaring people by the name of Cape Spartel,the _Promontorium Herculis_, and the _Promontorium 0leastrum_, socalled from the prodigious number of ferocious olives growing upon it.

All the bays round the coast furnish an abundance of the mostdelicious fish of every kind; and the several rivers are equallyproductive. The occasional overflow of the rivers greatly enrichesand fertilizes the soil, to which, more than to their own industry(for they never manure their grounds, and are absolute strangers tothe art of husbandry), are the Moors indebted for their plentifulcrops of wheat, Turkey corn, rye, rice, oats, barley, and grain of allkinds.