the magnitude common to all Roman structures, and are of a Vinrt of dark granite. In the enclosed space are several immense stones, standing upright, and so placed as to give the appearance of having once supported a large building: some are ten feet in height, independent of the part embedded in the sand. The mouth of a well is visible, still bearing the marks of the cords used in drawing the water; it is now entirely choked up with sand. The walls from east to west, are above two hundred paces in length ; I should rather say, the tops of the walls, for in some places, they are buried in the sand; and from north to south, about one hundred and fifty. The Arabs, probably in the time of the Khalifs, appear to have used the northern towers ; as remains of their rude masonry still surmount the original buildings. Over each gateway there had been an inscription, of which the northern one is most perfect. We found, by comparing them, that all were thus worded. IMP . CAES . L . SEPTIMIO . SEVER? PIO . P E R T IN A C I. AVG . TRPOTV . I I I I IMP CSIIPPET IMP . CAES . M A V R E L IO . ANTONINO V RI I I I I . ET SEPTIMIO CAE AVG . O . AJSTICIO . FAVSTO . LEG AVGVSTORVM. CONSVLARI IPO . I l l . AVG . PV Under each had once been a large eagle, carved in basso relievo; but they are now so mutilated, as to bear very little resemblance to that bird. This,place is the northern boundary o f Fezzan. All slaves of Mukni’s, going from Fezzan to Tripoli on account of the Bashaw, belong to the former until Bonjem is past; should any die afterwards, the Bashaw is the loser. The same risk attends the latter when he sends horses or goods to Mukni; all losses being made 1 1 i n ¡til
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