In Wadey Shirghi the towns are thus situated, beginning from the east. Ashkiddi -AA, Ghiddi ,Jiu, Gelwas Brak city, which is two-thirds of a day from Sebha, and ten days from Gharian, is the largest of these towns. Zooiat eAtjj, Tamzawa Gusser Sallam Aggar J.i\, Maharouga isgfeS*,! El Gerda Jyill, Taroot clj.Jv, Gootta tiji, Berghen fysf (two of that name), Temissan Iddri $ ¿ 4 , which is a large village, and westernmost in the Wadey Shirghi. It is two days from Brak, and eight days from Ghadams. Another wadey called El Agaal runs parallel to the above. It is one day from Sebha, and has the following towns in i t : El Abiad -UUl, El Hamra JUefc Khalifa »jjJA, Bendooba'ia A;-A, Zueia tjj, Ergabi Tenahmi Gusser Saad a*— -s. Gusser Sbaida Kharaig ib>. This'is all the Wadey Shirghi. The Wadey Ghrarbi begins from the east at Iddri Fegaige fcqdft Kertibi y iJ /, Garragarra \ji\ji, Tuash Teweewa'lyjt , Germa 1^=-, the ancient capital of Fezzan; Ghraraifi Oubari seven days from Ghraat, which is about W. S. W. two long days from E l Abiad, which is one day from Sebha. This is the Wadey Ghrarbi. The pGoplc in the Wadcys arc blacks and mulattoGS as in Morzouk, and Arabs Jive amongst them. The villages contain from thirty to two hundred houses; many, however, are composed of palm huts. The people are very poor, but in the time of the Waled Suleman, who resided much amongst them, they were opulent. In some of the pools of stagnant water in the Wadey Shaiti are found small worms, of about the size of a grain of rice; these are collected in great quantities, and pounded with a little salt in a mortar, until they form a black paste, which is made .into balls of about the size of the double fist, and then suffered to dry in the sun. These worms, which are called Dood, form one of the very few luxuries of Fezzan, as the poor people, when they have a mess of flour, mix some of them with the sauce, to their Aseeda. They resemble very bad caviar in taste, and the smell is extremely offensive; but habit and necessity overcome all prejudices in this country, and I soon became very partial to them. Sand is an unavoidable ingredient in this paste, and the natives consider it as more wholesome in consequence. One or two families gain a good subsistence by preparing these worms for the market of Morzouk, and the neighbouring towns. Monday, Feb. 14th. Therm. 3°— Another Kaffle joined us from Morzouk, belonging to a native of Tripoli named Khalifa: those I mentioned before, set out this day for Temanhint. Belfords Maherry was here so lame, that I had him fired all round the foot by Ibrahim, who was now become very useful to us. The manner of firing camels is by a very thin red hot iron, which is curved so as to be easily turned round the fo o t: they have, these irons of different lengths and sizes, for the particular part to be burned. I hired another camel for Belford to ride on, at the rate o f two dollars, from hence to Sockna, agreeing that it should carry two skins of water on passing the Soudah. As I had nothing better to occupy me, I mounted my own Maherry, with a Tuarick Bahela, or saddle, and practised riding him according to their manner, which is very difficult, and not used in Fezzan. I fortunately succeeded much beyond my expectation. A town called Gurda s i j, is S.S.E. one mile from Sebha. Tuesday, 15th Feb.—At 7. 30. went on, after having been most hospitably treated by Lizari’s friends. Our road was over a barren plain, until 8. 30. when we ascended a mountain called Ben Areif u H by a pass named Hormut ben Areef, bearing N . 55°. E. of Sebha. At nine we descended to a stony plain, bounded close to the right by table-topped hills: to the left were a few insulated sugar-loaf
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