«©liiTTÂiRry pM.be Tmææ-
Entrance o f t
compart
■ of tiw© Jj
at^ of
Cella ffwmectird with i
oat—-Remark* of Signor JJelL ,
to the body of water mentioned by Stra‘w
danger of crossing^it—Ingalated spotsjn aeve:
the accountsof StraW-Arriv.lat Sooleb-Appearance of Pasturage ini
oo berality of Shekh Maboinined—Cause of it ascertained—Sooleb occur
assigned 'in modern, charts to.'the Gulf of Znca-Continnance of the Marsh_Re
aeer Mnhada called Kasser el.Jibbah-Story connected with them related by the Dhb
LnwilHngness of our Arab Guides to cross the MarsJi—Cause 6f this
Narrow escape of two of our party—Nature of the soil in this neighbournood—French
Inscription left by the boats of the Chevrette—Another left by ,h. barge of the Adven-
* r * * P™ba% th' Turris Hassan of Edrisi-Remains at
. ■ -saw.-.riTrdiit tru-ait, where the Marsh terminates altogether—Refractory cony
; r r Urr “ “ rfapi0'',!n’ellt iE w *™ « « °f « « country-Arrival at
l a d , n 7 Pasturage Remains at Kaffran considered „ those of
Aspis-Their natae *-«1 appearance descrihed-Port called Mcrs. Zaffritn considered us
^ the 0» Beach-Supposed Date
.■/ et Zaffrhn-Remarks conneetod with them-Caatlea mentioned by Lev
Africanus^Constnietion of the Forts at Zaffran.
O* <luitti»£ tîle grwès and gardens of Mesurata for the wilds
of the Greater Syrtis, the first object which presents itself, in the
level tract of country already mentioned, is the extensive marsh
described by Strabo as occurring after the Cephalas Promonto-
rmm. It has not now the character of an uninterrupted sheet of
water, as it appears" to have had when seen by this geographer,
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