As part of the fortification process, Moroni "caused that his armies should go forth into the east wilderness" (Alma 50:7). One might wonder how far the "east wilderness" mentioned in Alma 50:7 extended The boundaries of the land of Nephi already reached "even to the sea, on the east and on the west; and the land of Nephi was "divided from the land of Zarahemla by a narrow strip of wilderness, which ran from the sea east even to the sea west and round about on the borders of the seashore" (Alma 22:27). Was this east wilderness an extension of the narrow strip of wilderness? Did the "east wilderness" consist of mountains, jungle, or desert? Did the east wilderness extend to the sea, or just to the "borders of the seashore" as stated in Alma 50:9? What were the "borders of the seashore? How was the east wilderness originally populated with so many Lamanites (that had to be driven out) and still considered part of the land of Zarahemla?, or was it? In trying to define "borders of the seashore" we might refer back to when Lehi was in the borders "near and nearer" the Red Sea (1 Nephi 2:5). [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]